Theliderma
Appearance
Theliderma | |
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Theliderma metanevra | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Tribe: | Quadrulini |
Genus: | Theliderma Swainson, 1840 |
Species | |
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Theliderma is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae. They are native to North America.
This genus is sometimes classified in an expanded Quadrula.
Species within the genus Theliderma
[edit]Note: Taxa with a "†" symbol are extinct due to human activity
- Theliderma cylindrica - Rabbitsfoot
- Theliderma intermedia - Cumberland monkeyface
- Theliderma metanevra - Monkeyface
- Theliderma sparsa - Appalachian monkeyface
- †Theliderma stapes - Stirrup shell
- †Theliderma tuberosa - Rough rockshell
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