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Pleuronaia

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Pleuronaia
Pleuronaia dolabelloides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Tribe: Pleurobemini
Genus: Pleuronaia
Frierson, 1927
Synonyms

Lexingtonia

Pleuronaia is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. They are native to the United States.

Some members of this genus were formerly included under the now-obsolete name Lexingtonia.[1]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Campbell, David; Lydeard, Charles (2012). "Molecular Systematics of Fusconaia (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae)". American Malacological Bulletin. 30 (1): 1–17.