Pleurobema plenum

Pleurobema plenum, the rough pigtoe pearly mussel or rough pigtoe, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Pleurobema plenum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. plenum
Binomial name
Pleurobema plenum
(Lea, 1840)

This species is endemic to the United States.

References

  1. Bogan, A.E. 1996. Pleurobema plenum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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