Forkshell

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Forkshell
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Epioblasma
Species: E. lewisii
Binomial name
Epioblasma lewisii
(Walker, 1910)
Synonyms

Dysnomia lewisii Walker, 1910

The forkshell or lewis pearly mussel, Epioblasma lewisii, was a species of bivalve in the Unionidae family. It was endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat was rivers. It became extinct due to habitat loss.

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