Potamilus metnecktayi

Potamilus metnecktayi, the Salina mucket, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Potamilus metnecktayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Potamilus
Species:
P. metnecktayi
Binomial name
Potamilus metnecktayi
R. I. Johnson, 1998
Synonyms

Lampsilis salinasensis (Simpson, 1908)
Disconaias salinasensis

This species is endemic to the United States.

References

  1. Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Disconaias salinasensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T6718A12799460. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T6718A12799460.en. Retrieved 20 December 2017.


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