The Canoe Creek clubshell (Pleurobema athearni), also known as the Canoe Creek pigtoe, is an endangered species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
| Canoe Creek clubshell | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Pleurobema |
| Species: | P. athearni
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| Binomial name | |
| Pleurobema athearni (Gangloff, Williams & Feminella, 2006)
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This species is endemic to the United States, only occurring in Alabama in the watershed of Big Canoe Creek, a tributary of Coosa River.[3]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the species as endangered in July 2022.[2][4]
References
edit- ^ Cummings, K.; Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Pleurobema athearni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T173058A1376951. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T173058A1376951.en. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ a b Pillion, Dennis (5 July 2022). "Rare Alabama mussel listed as endangered species". AL.com.
- ^ Fish and Wildlife Service (3 November 2020). "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the Canoe Creek Clubshell and Designation of Critical Habitat". Federal Register.
- ^ "Government protects rare mussel after decadelong campaign". AP News. 5 July 2022.
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