deertoe

Truncilla truncata

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae

Truncilla truncata, the deertoe, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae. Deertoe are found in the Mississippi River drainage system and in tributaries of Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair.

Distribution

deertoe — (c) Sam Turner, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 966Canada · 157

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Sam Turner, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionTruncilla truncata, Wikipedia contributors

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