Ligodonta Perkins, DeVilbiss & Whelan, 2025

Perkins, Michael A., DeVilbiss, Katharine L., Whelan, Nathan V., Hoch, Rachael A., Jones, Brena K., Mays, Jason W., Evans, Heather K. & Benfield, Sierra B., 2025, A new endemic freshwater mussel (Bivalvia, Unionidae) genus and species, Ligodonta obscura, from the Yadkin-Pee Dee River drainage in North Carolina, USA, ZooKeys 1248, pp. 245-265 : 245-265

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1248.152952
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D19F368A-779F-41CA-A653-0EB9AFE76D07
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16762641
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/268073B0-9146-544E-972E-565C764967A0
treatment provided by	ZooKeys by Pensoft
scientific name	Ligodonta Perkins, DeVilbiss & Whelan, 2025
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Ligodonta Perkins, DeVilbiss & Whelan, 2025 gen. nov.

Type species.

Ligodonta obscura Perkins, DeVilbiss & Whelan, 2025 , sp. nov.

Diagnosis.

Monotypic, see species Diagnosis below.

Etymology.

Greek, ligo - meaning “little” and - donta meaning “tooth.”

Species included.

Ligodonta obscura Perkins, DeVilbiss & Whelan, 2025 , sp. nov.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Bivalvia
Order	Unionida
Family	Unionidae
Tribe	Anodontini

Specimens

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