Truncilla donaciformis, the fawnsfoot, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Truncilla |
| Species: | T. donaciformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Truncilla donaciformis I. Lea, 1828
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This species occurs in the Mississippi River drainage, Great Lakes region, Mobile basin, and Gulf Coast region in the United States, from South Dakota to Pennsylvania, south to Georgia and west to Texas as well as in southern Ontario, Canada.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b NatureServe. "Truncilla donaciformis". explorer.natureserve.org. NatureServe. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
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