Highnut
Highnut | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Pleurobema |
Species: | †P. altum
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Binomial name | |
†Pleurobema altum (Conrad, 1854)
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The highnut (Pleurobema altum) was a
mollusk in the family Unionidae
, the river mussels.
This species was endemic to rivers of the United States.
Unionids are vulnerable to habitat change and are a highly endangered taxa (70% of them are considered imperiled).[2]
References
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