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Quadrula metanevra

Theliderma metanevra
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Theliderma
Species: T. metanevra
Binomial name
Theliderma metanevra
Rafinesque, 1820
Synonyms

Quadrula metanevra


Quadrula metanevra

Theliderma metanevra, common name the Monkeyface, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

It is native to the eastern United States, where it lives in large to medium sized rivers. Although it has been extirpated from certain sections of its range, it is still widespread and fairly common.



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