Canoe Creek Pigtoe

Pleurobema athearni

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae

The Canoe Creek clubshell (Pleurobema athearni), also known as the Canoe Creek pigtoe, is an endangered species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is endemic to the United States, only occurring in Alabama in the watershed of Big Canoe Creek, a tributary of the Coosa River. The U.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 11

Sources and credits

DescriptionCanoe Creek clubshell, Wikipedia contributors

Canoe Creek Pigtoe

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