Pleurobema cordatum
Appearance
Pleurobema cordatum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Pleurobema |
Species: | P. cordatum
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Binomial name | |
Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820)
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Pleurobema cordatum, the Ohio pigtoe, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species is endemic to the United States.
References
- ^ Bogan, A.E. & Seddon, M.B. 1996. Pleurobema cordatum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.