Pleurobema taitianum

Pleurobema taitianum, the heavy pigtoe or Judge Tait's mussel, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Pleurobema taitianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. taitianum
Binomial name
Pleurobema taitianum
(I. Lea, 1834)

This species was endemic to the United States.

References

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


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