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Southern pigtoe

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Unionoida

Genus
  
Pleurobema

Higher classification
  
Pleurobema

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Unionidae

Scientific name
  
Pleurobema georgianum

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Pleurobema, Coosa moccasinshell, Southern clubshell, Alabama moccasinshell, Bivalvia

Informative speech southern pigtoe


The southern pigtoe, common name Pleurobema georgianum, 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

Southern pigtoe Wikipedia