Pleurobema taitianum
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Species: | P. taitianum
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Pleurobema taitianum (I. Lea, 1834)
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The heavy pigtoe or judge Tait's mussel, scientific name Pleurobema taitianum, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species was endemic to the United States.
Sources
- Bogan, A.E. 2000. Pleurobema taitianum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.