Ortmanniana pectorosa

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Actinonaias pectorosa
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Ortmanniana pectorosa

Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Ortmanniana
Species:
O. pectorosa
Binomial name
Ortmanniana pectorosa
(Conrad, 1834)

Ortmanniana pectorosa, previously Actinonaias pectorosa,

mollusk in the family Unionidae
, the river mussels. Its common name is the pheasantshell.

This species is endemic to the drainages of the Cumberland River and the Tennessee River in the United States.

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