James River spinymussel

James River spinymussel

Taxobox
name = James River spinymussel


status = CR | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Unionoida
familia = Unionidae
genus = "Pleurobema"
species = "P. collina"
binomial = "Pleurobema collina"
binomial_authority = Conrad, 1837
synonyms =

The James River spinymussel ("Pleurobema collina") is a freshwater mussel, a species of aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is endemic to the United States and it is critically endangered.

ource

* Bogan, A.E. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/17677/all Pleurobema collina] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 07 August 2007.


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