Quadrula metanevra

Quadrula metanevra
Quadrula metanevra
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionoida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Quadrula
Species:	Q. metanevra
Binomial name
Quadrula metanevra

Quadrula metanevra, common name the Monkeyface, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Quadrula metanevra is found in the Southeastern United States. It is critically endangered, and listed as near extinct on the IUCN Red List

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of the United States
• Quadrula

References