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Pleurobema flavidulum

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Pleurobema flavidulum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. flavidulum
Binomial name
Pleurobema flavidulum
(I. Lea, 1861)

Pleurobema flavidulum, the yellow pigtoe, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae. It was endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat was rivers. It is now extinct.

References

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  1. ^ Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Pleurobema flavidulum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T17680A7307082. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T17680A7307082.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.