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Ovate clubshell Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Unionoida Family: Unionidae Genus: Pleurobema Species: P. perovatum Binomial name Pleurobema perovatum
Conrad, 1834The ovate clubshell, scientific name Pleurobema perovatum, 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
- Bogan, A.E. 1996. Pleurobema perovatum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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