Pleurobema stabile

Pleurobema stabile, the Coosa pigtoe, is 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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Pleurobema stabile
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Pleurobema
Species:	†P. stabile
Binomial name
†Pleurobema stabile (I. Lea, 1861)
Synonyms[3]
Pleurobema murrayense (Lea, 1868) Pleurobema stabilis (Lea, 1861) Unio stabilis Lea, 1861 Unio murrayensis Lea, 1868

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This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers.