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Western Pearlshell

Margaritifera falcata

Classification

The western pearlshell (Margaritifera falcata) is a species of freshwater bivalve, a pearl mussel, a bivalve mollusk in the family Margaritiferidae. This species can be found only in the United States and Canada, where it occurs mostly west of the Rocky Mountains. Distribution This species of pearl mussel is found in Pacific drainages from California north to British Columbia and southern Alaska.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 949Canada · 332