Nearby pearly mussel

Nearby pearly mussel
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionoida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Epioblasma
Species:	E. propinqua
Binomial name
Epioblasma propinqua (I. Lea, 1857)
Synonyms
Dysnomia propinqua I. Lea, 1857

The nearby pearly mussel or Tennessee riffleshell, Epioblasma propinqua, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

The species was endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat was rivers. It became extinct due to habitat loss.

Source

• Bogan, A.E. 2000. Epioblasma propinqua. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

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