Pleurobema avellanum

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Pleurobema avellanum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. avellanum
Binomial name
Pleurobema avellanum
Simpson, 1900

Pleurobema avellanum, the hazel pigtoe, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.

References

  1. Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Pleurobema avellanum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2000 e.T17673A7292223. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T17673A7292223.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.