Quadrula quadrula

Quadrula quadrula
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionoida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Quadrula
Species:	Q. quadrula
Binomial name
Quadrula quadrula Rafinesque, 1820

Quadrula quadrula, common name the Mapleleaf, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is native to eastern North America, in Eastern Canada and the northern Eastern United States. It is found in the drainages of the Ohio River, the St. Lawrence River, and the Great Lakes.

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of the United States
• Quadrula

References

• Bogan, A.E. 1996. Quadrula quadrula. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.