Cumberland pigtoe

Cumberland pigtoe
Pleurobema gibberum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species: P. gibberum
Binomial name
Pleurobema gibberum
I. Lea, 1838

The Cumberland pigtoe, scientific name (Pleurobema gibberum), 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.

References

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


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