Pleurobema flavidulum

Pleurobema flavidulum

Yellow pigtoe

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Pleurobema flavidulum

Pleurobema flavidulum, the yellow pigtoe, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae. It was endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat was rivers. It is now extinct.

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1. Pleurobema flavidulum Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurobema_flavidulum
2. Pleurobema flavidulum on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17680/7307082

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