Biology:Pleurobema stabile

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Pleurobema stabile
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. stabile
Binomial name
Pleurobema stabile
(I. Lea, 1861)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lea, 1861 (Lea, 1868)
  • Lea, 1868 Pleurobema stabilis
  • Pleurobema murrayense (Lea, 1861)
  • Unio stabilis Unio murrayensis

Pleurobema stabile, the Coosa 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 . Its natural habitat is rivers. Was thought to be extinct, but was recently found in the wild;[3] has been updated to conservation Global Status: G1.[4]

References

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