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Pleurobema johannis

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(Redirected from Alabama pigtoe) Species of bivalve

Pleurobema johannis
Conservation status

Extinct  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species: P. johannis
Binomial name
Pleurobema johannis
(I. Lea, 1859)

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

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

References

  1. Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Pleurobema johannis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T17686A7319177. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T17686A7319177.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Pleurobema johannis
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