Forkshell

Taxobox
name = Forkshell


status = EX | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Unionoida
familia = Unionidae
genus = "Epioblasma"
species = "E. lewisii"
binomial = "Epioblasma lewisii"
binomial_authority = (Walker, 1910)
synonyms = "Dysnomia lewisii" Walker, 1910

The forkshell or lewis pearly mussel, "Epioblasma lewisii", 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/7892/all Epioblasma lewisii] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 07 August 2007.