Fine-rayed pearly mussel

Fine-rayed pearly mussel

Taxobox
name = Fine-rayed pearly mussel


status = EX | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Unionoida
familia = Unionidae
genus = "Epioblasma"
species = "E. personata"
binomial = "Epioblasma personata"
binomial_authority = (Say, 1829)
synonyms = Dysnomia personata Say, 1829

The fine-rayed pearly mussel or round combshell, "Epioblasma personata", 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/7879/all Epioblasma personata] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 07 August 2007.


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