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Slabside Pearlymussel

Pleuronaia dolabelloides (I. Lea 1840)

Pleuronaia dolabelloides

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Pleuronaia dolabelloides, the slab-sided naiad, slab-sided pearly mussel, or slabside pearlymussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species was formerly classified under the genus Lexingtonia.

This species is endemic to the Tennessee River system in the United States.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Pleuronaia dolabelloides". NatureServe. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
  2. ^ E., Bogan, Arthur; Farms., American Pearl (1998). The freshwater mussels of Tennessee. University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 1572330139. OCLC 37980671.
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Pleuronaia dolabelloides: Brief Summary

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Pleuronaia dolabelloides, the slab-sided naiad, slab-sided pearly mussel, or slabside pearlymussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species was formerly classified under the genus Lexingtonia.

This species is endemic to the Tennessee River system in the United States.

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