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Slab-sided Pearly Mussel

Pleuronaia dolabelloides

Classification

Family
Unionidae

Pleuronaia dolabelloides, the slab-sided naiad, slab-sided pearly mussel, or slabside pearlymussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species was formerly classified under the genus Lexingtonia. This species is endemic to the Tennessee River system in the United States.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 148