Biology:Highnut

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Short description: Extinct species of bivalve

Highnut
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. altum
Binomial name
Pleurobema altum
(Conrad, 1854)

The highnut (Pleurobema altum) was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species was endemic to rivers of the United States .

Unionids are vulnerable to habitat change and are a highly endangered taxa (70% of them are considered imperiled).[2]

References

  1. Bogan, A.E. (2000). "Pleurobema altum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T17672A7290168. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T17672A7290168.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17672/7290168. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Lydeard, Charles; Garner, Jeffrey; Hartfield, Paul; Williams, James (1999). "Freshwater Mussels in the Gulf Region: Alabama". Gulf of Mexico Science 17 (2): 125–134. doi:10.18785/goms.1702.09. https://aquila.usm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1334&context=goms. 

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