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Pleurobema chattanoogaense

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Pleurobema chattanoogaense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. chattanoogaense
Binomial name
Pleurobema chattanoogaense
(I. Lea, 1858)

Pleurobema chattanoogaense, the painted clubshell, 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. Its natural habitat is rivers.

References

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  1. ^ Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Pleurobema chattanoogaense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T17676A7299002. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T17676A7299002.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.