Pleurobema furvum

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Pleurobema furvum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. furvum
Binomial name
Pleurobema furvum
(Conrad, 1834)

Pleurobema furvum, the dark pigtoe, is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This aquatic bivalve mollusk is native to Alabama in the United States, where it is mainly limited to the Black Warrior River. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. [2]

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References

  1. Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Pleurobema furvum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T17681A7308982. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17681A7308982.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. USFWS. Endangered Status for Eight Freshwater Mussels and Threatened Status for Three Freshwater Mussels in the Mobile River Drainage. Archived 2011-10-18 at the Wayback Machine Federal Register March 17, 1993.