Theliderma metanevra, common name the monkeyface, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
| Theliderma metanevra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Theliderma |
| Species: | T. metanevra
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| Binomial name | |
| Theliderma metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820)
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| Synonyms | |
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Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) | |
It is native to the eastern United States, where it lives in large to medium-sized rivers. Although it has been extirpated from certain sections of its range, it is still widespread and fairly common.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Quadrula metanevra". NatureServe. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
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