Pleurobema riddellii

Pleurobema riddellii, the Louisiana pigtoe, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Pleurobema riddellii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. riddellii
Binomial name
Pleurobema riddellii
(I. Lea, 1861)

This species is endemic to the United States.

References

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


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.