Pleurobema cordatum, the Ohio pigtoe, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
Pleurobema cordatum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Pleurobema |
Species: | P. cordatum
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Binomial name | |
Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820)
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This species is endemic to the United States.
References
edit- ^ Bogan, A.E.; Seddon, M.B.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (1996). "Pleurobema cordatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T17678A7303141. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17678A7303141.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.