Pleurobema cordatum

Pleurobema cordatum, the Ohio pigtoe, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Pleurobema cordatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. cordatum
Binomial name
Pleurobema cordatum
(Rafinesque, 1820)

This species is endemic to the United States.

References

  1. Bogan, A.E. & Seddon, M.B. 1996. Pleurobema cordatum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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