James River spinymussel
Appearance
James River spinymussel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Pleurobema |
Species: | P. collina
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Binomial name | |
Pleurobema collina (Conrad, 1837)
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The James River spinymussel (Pleurobema collina) is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is native to North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia in the United States.[2] It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.
References
- ^ Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Pleurobema collina". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. IUCN: e.T17677A7301090. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17677A7301090.en. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ Pleurobema collina. The Nature Conservancy.
External links
- Hove, M. C. and R. J. Neves. (1994). Life history of the endangered James spinymussel Pleurobema collina (Conrad, 1837) (Mollusca: Unionidae). American Malacological Bulletin