Warrior pigtoe

Warrior pigtoe
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species: P. rubellum
Binomial name
Pleurobema rubellum
(Conrad, 1834)

The warrior pigtoe, scientific name Pleurobema rubellum, 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. Its natural habitat was rivers. It became extinct due to habitat loss.

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