Fuzzy pigtoe | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionoida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Pleurobema |
Species: | P. strodeanum |
Binomial name | |
Pleurobema strodeanum (Wright, 1898) |
The fuzzy pigtoe, scientific name Pleurobema strodeanum, 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. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.