Medionidus conradicus

Medionidus conradicus
Medionidus conradicus
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Medionidus
Species: M. conradicus
Binomial name
Medionidus conradicus
I. Lea, 1834

Medionidus conradicus is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to the drainages of the Cumberland River and the Tennessee River in the United States.

References

  1. Bogan, A.E. 1996. Medionidus conradicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.