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paper pondshell

Utterbackia imbecillis

Classification

Family
Unionidae

Utterbackia imbecillis, commonly known as the paper pondshell, papershell, or paper floater, is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae. Native to North America, it is a widespread species distributed in much of the eastern United States as well as Ontario and Quebec in Canada and Tamaulipas in Mexico. Taxonomy and history This species was described by Thomas Say in 1829 as Anodonta imbecillis, based on a type specimen from the Wabash River in New Harmony, Indiana.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 1,645Canada · 67Mexico · 7