Slab-sided naiad
| Slab-sided naiad | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionoida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Lexingtonia |
| Species: | L. dolabelloides |
| Binomial name | |
| Lexingtonia dolabelloides (Lea, 1840) | |
The slab-sided naiad (Lexingtonia dolabelloides), also known as the slab-sided pearly mussel or slabside pearlymussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Some scientists have recently reclassified this species under the genus Pleuronaia.
This species is endemic to the Tennessee River system in the United States.[2]
References
- ↑ "Pleuronaia dolabelloides". NatureServe. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
- ↑ E., Bogan, Arthur; Farms., American Pearl (1998). The freshwater mussels of Tennessee. University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 1572330139. OCLC 37980671.
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