#NewSpecies!
New freshwater mussel from North Carolina just opened:

Alasmidonta uwharriensis
Holotype: Smithsonian

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/039587CC-FFD8-FFC7-FF5C-FAE9E497BE76
Publication: http://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac106
#ZoolJLinnSoc

#FAIRdata
#science #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #malacology #mussels #northcarolina #usa