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Eastern Floater

Pyganodon cataracta

Classification

Family
Unionidae

Pyganodon cataracta, formerly Anodonta cataracta, is a species of large freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Its common name is the eastern floater. Subspecies Pyganodon cataracta subsp.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 704Canada · 342