Cumberland pigtoe

Cumberland pigtoe
Pleurobema gibberum
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionoida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Pleurobema
Species:	P. gibberum
Binomial name
Pleurobema gibberum I. Lea, 1838

The Cumberland pigtoe, scientific name (Pleurobema gibberum), is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae,the river mussels.

This species is endemic to the United States.

References

1. ^ Bogan, A.E. 1996. Pleurobema gibberum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

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