Longnut

The longnut (Pleurobema nucleopsis) was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Longnut
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. nucleopsis
Binomial name
Pleurobema nucleopsis
(Conrad, 1849)

This species was endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat was rivers.

References
  1. Bogan, A.E. 2000. Pleurobema nucleopsis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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