Pleurobema chattanoogaense

Pleurobema chattanoogaense, the painted clubshell, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Pleurobema chattanoogaense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. chattanoogaense
Binomial name
Pleurobema chattanoogaense
(I. Lea, 1858)

This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers.

References

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