Pleurobema avellanum

Pleurobema avellanum, the hazel pigtoe, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Pleurobema avellanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. avellanum
Binomial name
Pleurobema avellanum
Simpson, 1900

This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.

References

  1. Bogan, A.E. 2000. Pleurobema avellanum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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