Narrow catspaw
| Narrow catspaw | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionoida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Epioblasma |
| Species: | E. lenior |
| Binomial name | |
| Epioblasma lenior (I. Lea, 1842) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dysnomia lenior I. Lea, 1842 | |
The narrow catspaw or Stone's pearly mussel, scientific name Epioblasma lenior, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species was endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat was rivers. It became extinct due to habitat loss.
Source
- Bogan, A.E. 2000. Epioblasma lenior. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.