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Alasmidonta wrightiana

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Alasmidonta wrightiana, the Ochlockonee arcmussel, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Bivalvia
Order:Unionida
Family:Unionidae
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Alasmidonta wrightiana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Alasmidonta
Species:
†A. wrightiana
Binomial name
†Alasmidonta wrightiana
(Walker, 1901)
Location of the Ochlockonee River
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This species was endemic to the Ochlockonee River in Florida and Georgia. This river mussel is now extinct.

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