Elktoe

Elktoe

Taxobox
name = Elktoe


status = DD | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Unionoida
familia = Unionidae
genus = "Alasmidonta"
species = "A. marginata"
binomial = "Alasmidonta marginata"
binomial_authority = Say, 1818
synonyms =

The elktoe, "Alasmidonta marginata", is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Distribution

This species is found in Canada and the United States.

References

* Bogan, A.E 2000. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/779/all Alasmidonta marginata] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 06 August 2007.


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