Purple bankclimber

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Purple bankclimber
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Elliptoideus
Species: E. sloatianus
Binomial name
Elliptoideus sloatianus
(I. Lea, 1840)
Synonyms

Nephronaias sloatianus I. Lea, 1840

The purple bankclimber (Elliptoideus sloatianus) is a species of bivalve in the Unionidae family. It is endemic to the United States. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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