TN00195 ALABAMA LAMP PEARLY MUSSEL LAMPSILIS VIRESCENS
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: SHELL IS ELLIPTICAL OR OBOVATE IN OUTLINE, VALVES ARE SUBINFLATED WITH A LOW POSTERIOR RIDGE, THE MODERATELY FULL BEAKS ARE SCULPTURED WITH NUMEROUS DELICATE RIDGES, LOOPED UP IN THE MIDDLE AND OPEN BEHIND, EPIDERMIS IS RATHER SMOOTH AND SHINY, GREENISH TO STRAW-COLORED AND SOMETIMES FAINTLY RAYED, ESPECIALLY ON THE POSTERIOR SLOPE, ANTERIOR END OF THE SHELL IS ROUND, THE DORSAL MARGIN IS SLIGHTLY CURVED AND THE VENTRAL MARGIN IS STRAIGHT, CURVING UP POSTERIORLY, POSTERIOR END OF THE SHELL IN MALES IS BLUNTLY POINTED, IN FEMALES, IT IS SLIGHTLY MORE INFLATED AND ROUNDED, LEFT VALVE HAS TWO COMPRESSED, RAISED, BLADE-LIKE PSEUDOCARDINAL TEETH SEPARATED FROM TWO SLIGHTLY CURVED, DELICATE LATERAL TEETH BY A NARROW, CURVED INTERDENTUM, RIGHT VALVE HAS TWO BLADE-LIKE PSEUDOCARDINAL TEETH, THE ANTERIOR TOOTH IS SMALL AND VERY COMPRESSED WHILE THE POSTERIOR TOOTH IS LARGER AND THICKER, THE LATERAL TOOTH IS SLIGHTLY CURVED, BEAK CAVITIES ARE BROAD AND RATHER DEEP, ANTERIOR MUSCLE SCARS ARE WELL IMPRESSED, BUT THE POSTERIOR MUSCLE SCARS ARE SHALLOW, THE PALLIAL LINE IS FAINT, NACRE COLOR IS BLUISH-WHITE AND IRIDESCENT *TN5587* REPRODUCTION: OTHER SPECIES OF LAMPSILIS ARE BRADYTICTIC, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT THIS SPECIES MAY BE A WINTER BREEDER *TN5587, TN5590*
References for Life History Codes
JRK1, 8862, TN5587, TN5590
Comments on Life History Codes
NO LIFE HISTORY INFORMATION HAS BEEN ENCOUNTERED *TN5587*.