Parvaspina
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| Parvaspina | |
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| Tar River spinymussel (Parvaspina steinstansana) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Tribe: | Pleurobemini |
| Genus: | Parvaspina Perkins, Johnson & Gangloff, 2017 |
| Species | |
Parvaspina is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae. It contains only two critically endangered species, both endemic to river basins in a small region of the southeastern United States.[1][2]
