Arc-form pearly mussel

Taxobox
name = Arc-form pearly mussel


status = EX | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Unionoida
familia = Unionidae
genus = "Epioblasma"
species = "E. arcaeformis"
binomial = "Epioblasma arcaeformis"
binomial_authority = (I. Lea, 1831)
synonyms = Dysnomia arcaeformis I. Lea, 1831

The arc-form pearly mussel or sugarspoon, "Epioblasma arcaeformis", was a species of bivalve in the Unionidae family. It was endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat was rivers. It became extinct due to habitat loss.

ource

* Bogan, A.E. 2000. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/7863/all Epioblasma arcaeformis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 07 August 2007.