Pleurobema
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Pleurobema is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of freshwater mussels, aquatic
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...

 bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae
Unionidae
Unionidae is a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionoida, the bivalve mollusks sometimes known as river mussels, naiads, or simply as unionids.The range of distribution for this family is world-wide...

,the river mussels.

Species within the genus Pleurobema

  • highnut
    Highnut
    The highnut, scientific name Pleurobema altum, 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.-Source:...

     (Pleurobema altum)
  • hazel pigtoe
    Hazel pigtoe
    The hazel pigtoe, scientific name Pleurobema avellanum, 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. It is now extinct.-References:...

     (Pleurobema avellanum)
  • Mississippi Pigtoe (Pleurobema beadleianum
    Pleurobema beadleianum
    Pleurobema beadleianum 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.-Source:* Bogan, A.E. 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....

    )
  • Scioto pigtoe
    Scioto pigtoe
    The Scioto pigtoe, scientific name Pleurobema bournianum, 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....

     (Pleurobema bournianum)
  • painted clubshell
    Painted clubshell
    The painted clubshell, scientific name Pleurobema chattanoogaense, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels....

     (Pleurobema chattanoogaense)
  • club naiad
    Club naiad
    The club naiad, clubshell pearly mussel, or clubshell, scientific name Pleurobema clava, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels....

     (Pleurobema clava)
  • James River spinymussel
    James River spinymussel
    The James River spinymussel, scientific name Pleurobema collina, is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is native to Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.-External...

     (Pleurobema collina)
  • Ohio Pigtoe (Pleurobema cordatum
    Pleurobema cordatum
    Pleurobema cordatum 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.-Source:* Bogan, A.E. & Seddon, M.B. 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....

    )
  • black clubshell
    Black clubshell
    The black clubshell or Curtus's mussel, scientific name Pleurobema curtum) a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.This species is endemic to the United States.-Source:...

     (Pleurobema curtum)
  • southern clubshell
    Southern clubshell
    The southern clubshell, scientific name Pleurobema decisum, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels....

     (Pleurobema decisum)
  • yellow pigtoe
    Yellow pigtoe
    The yellow pigtoe, Pleurobema flavidulum, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the Unionidae family. It was endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat was rivers. It is now extinct.-References:...

     (Pleurobema flavidulum)
  • dark pigtoe
    Dark pigtoe
    The dark pigtoe, scientific name Pleurobema furvum, is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This aquatic bivalve mollusk is native to Alabama in the United States, where it is mainly limited to the Black Warrior River. It is a federally listed endangered...

     (Pleurobema furvum)
  • southern pigtoe
    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:...

     (Pleurobema georgianum)
  • Cumberland pigtoe
    Cumberland pigtoe
    The Cumberland pigtoe, scientific name , 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....

     (Pleurobema gibberum)
  • brown pigtoe
    Brown pigtoe
    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.-Source:...

     (Pleurobema hagleri)
  • Georgia pigtoe
    Georgia pigtoe
    The Georgia pigtoe is a rare species of freshwater mussel in the Unionidae family. It is native to Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee in the United States, where it has been extirpated from most of its historical range...

     (Pleurobema hanleyianum)
  • Cherokee pigtoe (Pleurobema hartmanianum)
  • Alabama pigtoe
    Alabama pigtoe
    The Alabama pigtoe, scientific name Pleurobema johannis, 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....

     (Pleurobema johannis)
  • flat pigtoe
    Flat pigtoe
    The flat pigtoe or Marshall's mussel is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. It is native to Alabama and Mississippi, but it has not been seen since 1980...

     (Pleurobema marshalli)
  • Coosa pigtoe
    Coosa pigtoe
    The Coosa pigtoe, scientific name Pleurobema murrayense, 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....

     (Pleurobema murrayense)
  • longnut
    Longnut
    The longnut, scientific name Pleurobema nucleopsis, 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.-Source:...

     (Pleurobema nucleopsis)
  • Tennessee clubshell
    Tennessee clubshell
    The Tennessee clubshell, scientific name Pleurobema oviforme 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.-Source:...

     (Pleurobema oviforme)
  • ovate clubshell
    Ovate clubshell
    The ovate clubshell, scientific name Pleurobema perovatum, 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:...

     (Pleurobema perovatum)
  • rough pigtoe pearly mussel
    Rough pigtoe pearly mussel
    The rough pigtoe pearly mussel or rough pigtoe, scientific name Pleurobema plenum, 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....

     (Pleurobema plenum)
  • oval pigtoe
    Oval pigtoe
    The oval pigtoe, scientific name Pleurobema pyriforme, is a federally endangered species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels....

     (Pleurobema pyriforme)
  • Louisiana Pigtoe (Pleurobema riddellii
    Pleurobema riddellii
    Pleurobema riddellii 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.-Source:* Bogan, A.E. 1996. . Downloaded on 7 August 2007....

    )
  • warrior pigtoe
    Warrior pigtoe
    The warrior pigtoe, scientific name Pleurobema rubellum, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels....

     (Pleurobema rubellum)
  • pyramid pigtoe
    Pyramid pigtoe
    The pyramid pigtoe, scientific name Pleurobema rubrum, 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.-Source:...

     (Pleurobema rubrum)
  • Round Pigtoe (Pleurobema sintoxia
    Pleurobema sintoxia
    Pleurobema sintoxia, common name the Round Pigtoe, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.- Distribution and conservation status :...

    )
  • Coosa Pigtoe
    Coosa pigtoe
    The Coosa pigtoe, scientific name Pleurobema murrayense, 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....

     (Pleurobema stabilis)
  • fuzzy pigtoe
    Fuzzy pigtoe
    The fuzzy pigtoe, scientific name Pleurobema strodeanum, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels....

     (Pleurobema strodeanum)
  • heavy pigtoe
    Heavy pigtoe
    The heavy pigtoe or judge Tait's mussel, scientific name Pleurobema taitianum, 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.-Source:...

     (Pleurobema taitianum)
  • Alabama clubshell
    Alabama clubshell
    The Alabama clubshell, scientific name Pleurobema troschelianum, 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. It is now extinct.-Source:...

     (Pleurobema troschelianum)
  • true pigtoe
    True pigtoe
    The true pigtoe, scientific name Pleurobema verum, 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.-Source:...

    (Pleurobema verum)
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