Lined pocketbook

The lined pocketbook (Lampsilis binominata) was a species of freshwater river mussel, an aquatic bivalve in the family Unionidae the river mussels. This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.

Lined pocketbook
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Lampsilis
Species:
L. binominata
Binomial name
Lampsilis binominata
Simpson, 1900

References

  1. Bogan, A.E. 2000. Lampsilis binominata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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