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Theliderma metanevra

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Bivalvia

Family
  
Unionidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Unionoida

Genus
  
Theliderma

Theliderma metanevra

Theliderma metanevra, common name the Monkeyface, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

It is native to the eastern United States, where it lives in large to medium sized rivers. Although it has been extirpated from certain sections of its range, it is still widespread and fairly common.

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Theliderma metanevra Wikipedia