Biology:Alabama pearl shell

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Alabama pearl shell
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Margaritiferidae
Genus: Margaritifera
Species:
M. marrianae
Binomial name
Margaritifera marrianae
R.I. Johnson, 1983

The Alabama pearl shell, scientific name Margaritifera marrianae, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Margaritiferidae, the freshwater pearl mussels.

This species is endemic to the United States . It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cummings, K.; Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Margaritifera marrianae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2012: e.T12800A509635. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T12800A509635.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/12800/0. Retrieved 18 December 2017. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3015947 entry