Fat threeridge

Fat threeridge

Taxobox
name = Fat threeridge


status = CR | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Unionoida
familia = Unionidae
genus = "Amblema"
species = "A. neislerii"
binomial = "Amblema neislerii"
binomial_authority = I. Lea, 1858
synonyms =

The fat threeridge, "Amblema neislerii", is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This is a critically endangered species.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the United States.

References

* Bogan, A.E. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/1076/all Amblema neislerii] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 06 August 2007.


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