Utterbackia imbecilis
| Utterbackia imbecilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionoida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Utterbackia |
| Species: | U. imbecilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Utterbackia imbecilis (Say, 1829) | |
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Utterbackia imbecilis (paper pondshell) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. It is thin-shelled and thousands of individuals can inhabit a single pond.
Distribution
This species is endemic to the United States. It is present in the Mississippi interior basin, western and eastern gulf, and the Atlantic Slope drainages.
Sources
Haag, W. R. (2012). North American Freshwater Mussels: Natural History, Ecology, and Conservation. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521199384
Vidrine, M. F. (1993) The historical distributions of fresh-water mussels in Louisiana. Gail O. Vidrine Collectibles. ISBN 978-0963730404.