Biology:Recovery pearly mussel

Recovery pearly mussel
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionoida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Elliptio
Species:	E. nigella
Binomial name
Elliptio nigella (I. Lea, 1852)

The recovery pearly mussel or winged spike, scientific name Elliptio nigella, 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 . It was thought to be extinct, but was rediscovered in 2010. It is not known if the rediscovered population is viable.

Sources

• Cummings, K. & Cordeiro, J. 2012. Elliptio nigella. 2012 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 March 2017.

Wikidata ☰ Q3014913 entry