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{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Obovaria retusa.jpg
| image_caption = ''Obovaria retusa''
| taxon = Obovaria
| authority = [[Rafinesque]], 1819
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =  6+ recognized species, ''see article''
}}
'''''Obovaria''''' is a [[genus]] of [[freshwater mussel]]s, [[Aquatic animal|aquatic]] [[bivalve]] [[mollusk]]s in the family [[Unionidae]], the river mussels. There are at least six described species in ''Obovaria'' at present, all of which are found in the [[United States]]. ''Obovaria subrotunda'' is found in Canada as well.
==Species==
* ''[[Obovaria arkansasensis]]'' <small>(I. Lea, 1862)</small>
* ''[[Obovaria haddletoni]]'' <small>(Athearn, 1964)</small> (Haddleton lampmussel), ([[Critically Endangered]])<ref name="globalspecies">{{cite web |url=http://globalspecies.org/ntaxa/2680266 |title=Global Species : Obovaria haddletoni (Haddleton Lampmussel) |publisher=globalspecies.org |access-date=2016-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820041448/http://globalspecies.org/ntaxa/2680266 |archive-date=2016-08-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''[[Obovaria jacksoniana]]'' <small>(Frierson, 1912)</small> (Southern hickorynut)
* ''[[Obovaria olivaria]]'' <small>([[Rafinesque]], 1820)</small> (Hickorynut)
[[File:Obovaria retusa.jpg|thumb|Obovaria retusa]]
*  ''[[Obovaria retusa]]''  <small>([[Lamarck]], 1819)</small> (Golf stick pearly mussel or ring pink mussel), ([[Critically Endangered]])<ref name="globalspecies2">{{cite web |url=http://globalspecies.org/ntaxa/1049296 |title=Global Species : Obovaria retusa (ring pink mussel; golf stick pearly mussel; ring pink) |publisher=globalspecies.org |access-date=2016-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820060043/http://globalspecies.org/ntaxa/1049296 |archive-date=2016-08-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''[[Obovaria subrotunda]]''  <small>(Rafinesque, 1820)</small> (Round hickorynut)
* ''[[Obovaria unicolor]]'' <small>(Lea, 1845)</small> (Alabama hickorynut)
==References==
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[[Category:Bivalve genera]]
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[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
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