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Pleurobema cordatum

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Pleurobema cordatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. cordatum
Binomial name
Pleurobema cordatum
(Rafinesque, 1820)

Pleurobema cordatum, the Ohio pigtoe, 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

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  1. ^ 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.