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Ligumia whitei

Status not recordedmolluscsExtinct

Ligumia whitei is a species in the order Unionida.

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Quick facts about Ligumia whitei

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Ligumia whitei live?

Not recorded

Is Ligumia whitei endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Ligumia whitei classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderUnionida
  5. genusLigumia
  6. SpeciesLigumia whitei (J. Henderson, 1918)

Synonyms Unio rectoides, Unio whitei

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Ligumia whitei

Other species in the same genus Ligumia.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Ligumia whitei (Ligumia whitei). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ligumia-whitei

MLA

“Ligumia whitei (Ligumia whitei).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ligumia-whitei.

BibTeX
@misc{ligumia_whitei_2026,
  title = {Ligumia whitei (Ligumia whitei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ligumia-whitei},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}