Penitent mussel

Taxobox
name = Penitent mussel


status = CR | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Unionoida
familia = Unionidae
genus = "Epioblasma"
species = "E. penita"
binomial = "Epioblasma penita"
binomial_authority = (Conrad, 1834)
synonyms = Dysnomia penita Conrad, 1834

The penitent mussel or southern combshell, "Epioblasma penita", is a species of bivalve in the Unionidae family. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

ource

* Bogan, A.E. 2000. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/7878/all Epioblasma penita] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 07 August 2007.