Ortmanniana pectorosa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Ortmanniana |
| Species: | O. pectorosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Ortmanniana pectorosa (Conrad, 1834)
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Ortmanniana pectorosa, previously Actinonaias pectorosa,[2] is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Its common name is the pheasantshell.
This species is endemic to the drainages of the Cumberland River and the Tennessee River in the United States.
References
[edit]- ^ Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Actinonaias pectorosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T511A13057979. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T511A13057979.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Molluscabase - Ortmanniana pectorosa (Conrad, 1834)". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
- North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Pheasantshell (Conrad, 1834).
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