Arcuate pearly mussel

Taxobox
name = Arcuate pearly mussel


status = EX | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Unionoida
familia = Unionidae
genus = "Epioblasma"
species = "E. flexuosa"
binomial = "Epioblasma flexuosa"
binomial_authority = (Rafinesque, 1820)
synonyms = Dysnomia flexuosa Rafinesque, 1820

The arcuate pearly mussel or leafshell, "Epioblasma flexuosa", 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/7868/all Epioblasma flexuosa] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 07 August 2007.