Pleurobema verum

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

Pleurobema verum, the true 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.

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References

  1. Bogan, A.E. 2000. Pleurobema verum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.