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Pleurobema gibberum

Cumberland pigtoe
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Pleurobema gibberum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Pleurobema
Species: P. gibberum
Binomial name
Pleurobema gibberum
I. Lea, 1838

The Cumberland pigtoe, scientific name (Pleurobema gibberum), 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.



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