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(Redirected from Rough pigtoe pearly mussel) Species of bivalve

Pleurobema plenum
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species: P. plenum
Binomial name
Pleurobema plenum
(Lea, 1840)

Pleurobema plenum, the rough pigtoe pearly mussel or rough 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 plenum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T17669A7284466. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17669A7284466.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
Taxon identifiers
Pleurobema plenum
Unio plenus


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