James River spinymussel

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James River spinymussel
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species: P. collina
Binomial name
Pleurobema collina
Conrad, 1837

The James River spinymussel (Pleurobema collina) is a freshwater mussel, a species of aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is endemic to the United States and it is critically endangered.

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