The fuzzy pigtoe (Pleurobema strodeanum) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
| Fuzzy pigtoe | |
|---|---|
_-_Unionidae_-_Mollusc_shell.jpeg)
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Pleurobema |
| Species: | P. strodeanum
|
| Binomial name | |
| Pleurobema strodeanum (Wright, 1898)
| |
This species is endemic to the United States, and its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
According to a study done in 2013, "Changes in length, width, and height of a shell over time are commonly used for determining rates of growth in mussels...over a period of seven years, p. strodeanum grew 0.48 mm/year in length". These rates and the differences in morphology of the shell are indicators of changes in the environment.[2]
References
edit- ^ Bogan, A.E.; Seddon, M.B.; et al. (from TNC, R.S. Butler) (2000). "Pleurobema strodeanum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T17693A7333727. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T17693A7333727.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Reátegui-Zirena, Evelyn G.; Stewart, Paul M.; Miller, Jonathan M. (March 2013). "Growth Rates and Age Estimations of the Fuzzy Pigtoe, Pleurobema strodeanum: A Species Newly Listed Under the Endangered Species Act". Southeastern Naturalist. 12 (1): 161–170. doi:10.1656/058.012.0113. ISSN 1528-7092.
 | This Unionidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |