Stirrup shell

Stirrup shell

Taxobox
name = Stirrup shell


status = CR | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Unionoida
familia = Unionidae
genus = "Quadrula"
species = "Q. stapes"
binomial = "Quadrula stapes"
binomial_authority = I. Lea, 1831
synonyms =
The stirrup shell or stirrupshell ("Quadrula stapes") is a species of bivalve in the Unionidae family. It is endemic to the United States.

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