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Extinct species of bivalve

Longnut
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. nucleopsis
Binomial name
†Pleurobema nucleopsis
(Conrad, 1849)

The longnut (Pleurobema nucleopsis) 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 nucleopsis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T17688A7323821. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T17688A7323821.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Pleurobema nucleopsis
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