Washboard

Megalonaias nervosa

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae

Megalonaias nervosa, the washboard, is a freshwater mussel species in the family Unionidae. Description The shell is divided into two valves that are hinged. Shell is thick and rectangular in shape and can be compressed or inflated; umbos do not extend above the hinge line (Cicerello, R.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 438

Sources and credits

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Washboard

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