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Parvaspina

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Parvaspina
Tar River spinymussel (Parvaspina steinstansana)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Tribe: Pleurobemini
Genus: Parvaspina
Perkins, Johnson & Gangloff, 2017
Species

Parvaspina is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae. It contains only two critically endangered species, both endemic to river basins in a small region of the southeastern United States.[1][2]

Species

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Both species in this genus were formerly placed in other genera (Elliptio for steinstansana, Pleurobema for collina) before both being placed in the new genus Parvaspina in 2017.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "MUSSELpdb | valid gen. Parvaspina species". mussel-project.uwsp.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  2. ^ "Molluscabase - Parvaspina Perkins, N. A. Johnson & Gangloff, 2017". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  3. ^ Perkins, Michael A.; Johnson, Nathan A.; Gangloff, Michael M. (2017-08-01). "Molecular systematics of the critically-endangered North American spinymussels (Unionidae: Elliptio and Pleurobema) and description of Parvaspina gen. nov". Conservation Genetics. 18 (4): 745–757. doi:10.1007/s10592-017-0924-z. ISSN 1572-9737.