Pleurobema

Pleurobema is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Pleurobema
A live individual of Pleurobema gibberum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Tribe: Pleurobemini
Genus: Pleurobema
Rafinesque, 1819

Species

Species within the genus Pleurobema include:

A close-up of Pleurobema decisum

References


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