False spike | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionoida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Quincuncina |
Species: | Q. mitchelli |
Binomial name | |
Quincuncina mitchelli Simpson, 1896 |
The false spike, scientific name Quincuncina mitchelli, 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.