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Utterbackia imbecillis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Unionidae

Genus
  
Utterbackia

Order
  
Unionoida

Class
  
Bivalvia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Pyganodon, Strophitus undulatus, Leptodea, Potamilus ohiensis, Lasmigona

Utterbackia imbecillis, commonly called the paper pondshell, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Distribution

This species is native to the United States. It is present in the Mississippi interior basin, western and eastern gulf, and the Atlantic Slope drainages. It is a common and widespread species. Thousands of individuals can inhabit a single pond.

It is characterized by its unusually thin shell.

References

Utterbackia imbecillis Wikipedia