Penitent mussel

Penitent mussel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Epioblasma
Species: E. penita
Binomial name
Epioblasma penita
(Conrad, 1834)
Synonyms

Dysnomia penita Conrad, 1834

The penitent mussel or southern combshell, scientific name Epioblasma penita, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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