Recovery pearly mussel

Recovery pearly mussel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Elliptio
Species: E. nigella
Binomial name
Elliptio nigella
(I. Lea, 1852)

The recovery pearly mussel or winged spike, scientific name Elliptio nigella, 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. It was thought to be extinct, but was rediscovered in 2010. It is not known if the rediscovered population is viable.

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