True pigtoe

True pigtoe
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species: P. verum
Binomial name
Pleurobema verum
(I. Lea, 1861)

The true pigtoe, scientific name Pleurobema verum, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species was endemic to the United States.

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