Utterbackia imbecilis

Utterbackia imbecilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionoida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Utterbackia
Species:	U. imbecilis
Binomial name
Utterbackia imbecilis (Say, 1829)

Utterbackia imbecilis (paper pondshell) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. It is thin-shelled and thousands of individuals can inhabit a single pond.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the United States. It is present in the Mississippi interior basin, western and eastern gulf, and the Atlantic Slope drainages.

Sources

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

Vidrine, M. F. (1993) The historical distributions of fresh-water mussels in Louisiana. Gail O. Vidrine Collectibles. ISBN 978-0963730404.