Elktoe

Elktoe
Alasmidonta marginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Alasmidonta
Species: A. marginata
Binomial name
Alasmidonta marginata
Say, 1818

The elktoe, scientific name Alasmidonta marginata, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Distribution

This species is found in Canada and the United States.

References

  1. Bogan, A.E 2000. Alasmidonta marginata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded 6 August 2007.


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