Scioto pigtoe
Scioto pigtoe | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionoida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Pleurobema |
Species: | P. bournianum |
Binomial name | |
Pleurobema bournianum (I. Lea, 1840) | |
The Scioto pigtoe, scientific name Pleurobema bournianum, 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. Its natural habitat was rivers.
Sources
- Bogan, A.E. 2000. Pleurobema bournianum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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