Pleurobema stabile

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

Pleurobema stabile
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. stabile
Binomial name
Pleurobema stabile
(I. Lea, 1861)
Synonyms[2]
  • Pleurobema murrayense (Lea, 1868)
  • Pleurobema stabilis (Lea, 1861)
  • Unio stabilis Lea, 1861
  • Unio murrayensis Lea, 1868

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

References
  1. Bogan, A.E. 2000. Pleurobema murrayense. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. "Pleurobema stabile". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 April 2019.


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