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Pleurobema riddellii

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Species of bivalve

Pleurobema riddellii
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species: P. riddellii
Binomial name
Pleurobema riddellii
(I. Lea, 1861)

Pleurobema riddellii, the Louisiana pigtoe, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to the United States.

References

  1. Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Pleurobema riddellii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T17691A7329667. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17691A7329667.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Pleurobema riddellii


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