Alabama pearl shell | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionoida |
Family: | Margaritiferidae |
Genus: | Margaritifera |
Species: | M. marrianae |
Binomial name | |
Margaritifera marrianae R.I. Johnson, 1983 |
The Alabama pearl shell, scientific name Margaritifera marrianae, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Margaritiferidae, the freshwater pearl mussels.
This species is endemic to the United States. It is threatened by habitat loss.