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Pleurobema beadleianum

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

Pleurobema beadleianum, the Mississippi 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

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  1. ^ Cummings, K.; Cordeiro, J. (2011). "Pleurobema beadleianum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T17674A7294687. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T17674A7294687.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.