Ovate clubshell

Ovate clubshell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species: P. perovatum
Binomial name
Pleurobema perovatum
Conrad, 1834

The Ovate clubshell Pleurobema perovatum, is an extinct species of freshwater mussel within the family of Unionidae.

This species was endemic to the Mobile River Basin in Alabama and Mississippi and was not seen since the early 20th century.

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