Biology:Pleurobema curtum

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Short description: Species of mollusc

Pleurobema curtum
NMNH-UniocurtusHolotypeUSNM84737.jpg

Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. curtum
Binomial name
Pleurobema curtum
(I. Lea, 1859)
Synonyms[2]
  • Unio curtus I. Lea, 1859

Pleurobema curtum, the black clubshell or Curtus's mussel, 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

Wikidata ☰ Q3017244 entry