Biology:Ortmanniana pectorosa

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Ortmanniana pectorosa
Actinonaias pectorosa.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Ortmanniana
Species:
O. pectorosa
Binomial name
Ortmanniana pectorosa
(Conrad, 1834)

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

Wikidata ☰ Q309185 entry