Cumberland bean pearly mussel

Cumberland bean pearly mussel
Villosa trabalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Villosa
Species: V. trabalis
Binomial name
Villosa trabalis
(Conrad, 1834)

The Cumberland bean pearly mussel, Cumberland bean, or purple bean (Villosa trabalis) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae.

This species is endemic to the United States. It can be found in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, October 28, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.