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Brown pigtoe

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Unionoida

Genus
  
Pleurobema

Higher classification
  
Pleurobema

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Unionidae

Scientific name
  
Pleurobema hagleri

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Pleurobema, Molluscs, Bivalvia

The brown pigtoe, scientific name Pleurobema hagleri, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species was endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat was rivers.

References

Brown pigtoe Wikipedia