Pleurobema chattanoogaense, the painted clubshell, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
Pleurobema chattanoogaense | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Pleurobema |
Species: | P. chattanoogaense
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Binomial name | |
Pleurobema chattanoogaense (I. Lea, 1858)
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This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers.
References
edit- ^ Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Pleurobema chattanoogaense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T17676A7299002. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T17676A7299002.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.