Pleurobema decisum

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Pleurobema decisum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. decisum
Binomial name
Pleurobema decisum
(I. Lea, 1831)

Pleurobema decisum, the southern clubshell, 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. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss. The species natural habitat is in Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia (U.S. state). [2]

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References

  1. Bogan, A. & Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Pleurobema decisum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T17679A1447123. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T17679A1447123.en .
  2. "Species Profile for Southern Clubshell". ecos.fws.gov. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved November 4, 2016.