Pleurobema flavidulum

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Pleurobema flavidulum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. flavidulum
Binomial name
Pleurobema flavidulum
(I. Lea, 1861)

Pleurobema flavidulum, the yellow pigtoe, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae. It was endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat was rivers. It is now extinct.

References

  1. Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Pleurobema flavidulum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2000 e.T17680A7307082. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T17680A7307082.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.