Painted clubshell
| Painted clubshell | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionoida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Pleurobema |
| Species: | P. chattanoogaense |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleurobema chattanoogaense (I. Lea, 1858) | |
The painted clubshell, scientific name Pleurobema chattanoogaense, 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.
Source
- Bogan, A.E. 2000. Pleurobema chattanoogaense. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.