Slab-sided naiad
| Slab-sided naiad | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionoida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Lexingtonia |
| Species: | L. dolabelloides |
| Binomial name | |
| Lexingtonia dolabelloides (Lea, 1840) | |
The slab-sided naiad, slab-sided pearly mussel, or slabside pearlymussel, scientific name Lexingtonia dolabelloides, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Some scientists have recently reclassified this species under the genus Pleuronaia.
This species is endemic to the United States.
References
- ↑ "Pleuronaia dolabelloides". NatureServe. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
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