Pleurobema flavidulum, the yellow pigtoe, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae. It was endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat was rivers. It is now extinct.
Pleurobema flavidulum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Pleurobema |
Species: | †P. flavidulum
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Binomial name | |
†Pleurobema flavidulum (I. Lea, 1861)
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References
edit- ^ Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Pleurobema flavidulum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T17680A7307082. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T17680A7307082.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.