Southern pigtoe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species:
P. georgianum
Binomial name
Pleurobema georgianum
(I. Lea, 1841)

The southern pigtoe (Pleurobema georgianum) 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. Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Pleurobema georgianum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T17682A7310433. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17682A7310433.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.


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