Pleurobema curtum

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. curtum
Binomial name
Pleurobema curtum
(I. Lea, 1859)
Synonyms[2]
  • Unio curtus I. Lea, 1859

Pleurobema curtum, the black clubshell or Curtus's mussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to the United States.

References

  1. ↑ Cummings, K.; Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Pleurobema curtum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T17666A1443222. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T17666A1443222.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Pleurobema curtum (Lea, 1859)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 November 2023.


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