Alasmidonta wrightiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Alasmidonta |
Species: | †A. wrightiana |
Binomial name | |
†Alasmidonta wrightiana (Walker, 1901) | |
Location of the Ochlockonee River |
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This species was endemic to the Ochlockonee River in Florida and Georgia. This river mussel is now extinct.
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