NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Lampsilini
  Subfamily - Ambleminae
  Family - Unionidae
  Superfamily - Unionoidea
  Order - Unionoida
  Subclass - Palaeoheterodonta
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Villosa fabalis
      Species - Villosa iris
      Species - Villosa amygdala
      Species - Villosa constricta
      Species - Villosa delumbis
      Species - Villosa lienosa
      Species - Villosa nebulosa
      Species - Villosa ortmanni
      Species - Villosa taeniata
      Species - Villosa trabalis
      Species - Villosa vanuxemensis
      Species - Villosa vibex
      Species - Villosa villosa
      Species - Villosa perpurpurea
      Species - Villosa vaughaniana
      Species - Villosa umbrans