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Pleurobema bournianum

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Species of bivalve

Pleurobema bournianum
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. bournianum
Binomial name
Pleurobema bournianum
(I. Lea, 1840)

Pleurobema bournianum, the Scioto 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 bournianum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T17675A7296934. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T17675A7296934.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Pleurobema bournianum
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