Theliderma metanevra
Theliderma metanevra | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Theliderma |
Species: | T. metanevra
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Binomial name | |
Theliderma metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820)
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Synonyms | |
Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820) |
Theliderma metanevra, common name the monkeyface, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
It is native to the eastern United States, where it lives in large to medium sized rivers. Although it has been extirpated from certain sections of its range, it is still widespread and fairly common.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Quadrula metanevra". NatureServe. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
Categories:
- NatureServe apparently secure species
- Fauna of the Southeastern United States
- Critically endangered fauna of the United States
- Theliderma
- Bivalves described in 1820
- Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
- Unionidae stubs