Alasmidonta

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Alasmidonta
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Alasmidonta raveneliana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Alasmidonta
Say, 1818

Alasmidonta is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

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Species within the genus Alasmodonta

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