Medionidus conradicus

Medionidus conradicus is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Medionidus conradicus

Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Medionidus
Species:
M. conradicus
Binomial name
Medionidus conradicus
(I. Lea, 1834)

This species is endemic to the drainages of the Cumberland River and the Tennessee River in the United States.

References

  1. Bogan, A.E. 1996. Medionidus conradicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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