Kingdom Animalia Family Unionidae Phylum Mollusca Order Unionoida | Class Bivalvia Species P. dolabelloides Genus Pleuronaia | |
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Similar Ptychobranchus subtentum, Shiny pigtoe, Tennessee clubshell, Golf stick pearly mussel, Alabama lamp naiad | ||
Pleuronaia dolabelloides, the slab-sided naiad, slab-sided pearly mussel, or slabside pearlymussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species was formerlly classified under the genus Lexingtonia.
This species is endemic to the United States.
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