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Potamilus metnecktayi

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Species of bivalve

Potamilus metnecktayi
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Potamilus
Species: P. metnecktayi
Binomial name
Potamilus metnecktayi
R. I. Johnson, 1998
Synonyms

Lampsilis salinasensis (Simpson, 1908)
Disconaias salinasensis

Potamilus metnecktayi, the Salina mucket, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to the United States.

References

  1. Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Disconaias salinasensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T6718A12799460. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T6718A12799460.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Potamilus metnecktayi


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