Pyganodon grandis

Pyganodon grandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Tribe: Anodontini
Genus: Pyganodon
Species: P. grandis
Binomial name
Pyganodon grandis
(Say, 1829)
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Pyganodon grandis (giant floater) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is fast-growing, large, and has a short lifespan.

This species is native to the United States and southeastern Canada.

Sources

Haag, W. R. (2012). North American Freshwater Mussels: Natural History, Ecology, and Conservation. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521199384


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