Biology:Elktoe
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Short description: Species of bivalve
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Alasmidonta |
| Species: | A. marginata
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| Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818
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The elktoe (Alasmidonta marginata) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is found in southeastern Canada and the eastern United States . Like many mussels, it is threatened by water pollution from agriculture, industry, and other development, such as acid mine drainage and sedimentation. It may be extinct in Oklahoma.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Woolnough, D.; Bogan, A.E. (2017). "Alasmidonta marginata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T779A69490612. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T779A69490612.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/779/69490612. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q307415 entry
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