Pleurobema bournianum, the Scioto pigtoe, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
Pleurobema bournianum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Pleurobema |
Species: | †P. bournianum
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Binomial name | |
†Pleurobema bournianum (I. Lea, 1840)
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This species was endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat was rivers.
References
edit- ^ Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Pleurobema bournianum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T17675A7296934. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T17675A7296934.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.