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Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Ligumia
Species:	recta
Synonyms
Lampsilis (Eurynia) recta (Lamarck, 1819) Lampsilis (Eurynia) recta sageri (Conrad, 1836) Lampsilis (Eurynia) rectus (Lamarck, 1819) Lampsilis (Ligumia) recta (Lamarck, 1819) Lampsilis (Ligumia) recta latissima (Rafinesque, 1820) Lampsilis recta (Lamarck, 1819) Lampsilis recta recta (Lamarck, 1819) Ligumia latissima (Rafinesque, 1820) Ligumia recta latissima (Rafinesque, 1820) Margarita (Unio) rectus (Lamarck, 1819) Margaron (Unio) rectus (Lamarck, 1819) Ptychobranchus fasciolare arquatum (Conrad, 1854) Unio (Eurynia) latissima Rafinesque, 1820 Unio angustatus cuniculus de Gregorio, 1914 Unio arquatus Conrad, 1854 Unio leprosus Miles, 1861 Unio praelongus Barnes, 1823 Unio recta Lamarck, 1819 Unio rectus (Lamarck, 1819) Unio sageri Conrad, 1836

Ligumia recta is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is found in eastern North America. It is native to the drainages of the Mississippi River, the drainages of the Great Lakes, and some Gulf Coast drainages.

The black sandshell can be up to 10 inches (25 cm) long, and is elongate and quadrate in shape. The shell is usually heavy, fairly thick, somewhat inflated and cylindrical.

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