Pyganodon cataracta

Pyganodon cataracta
	The pearly interior of a valve of Pyganodon cataracta at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Pyganodon
Species:	P. cataracta
Binomial name
	Pyganodon cataracta; (Say, 1817)
Synonyms
	List Anodonta cataracta Say, 1817; Anodonta cataracta subsp. cataracta Say, 1817; Anodonta cataracta subsp. marginata Say, 1817; Anodonta marginata Say, 1817; Anodonta atra Rafinesque, 1820; Anodonta cuneata Rafinesque, 1820; Anodonta digonota Rafinesque, 1831; Anodonta teres Conrad, 1834; Anodonta excurvata DeKay, 1843; Anodonta virgulata Lea, 1857; Anodonta dariensis Lea, 1858; Anodonta williamsii Lea, 1862; Anodonta tryonii Lea, 1862; Anodonta doliaris Lea, 1863; Pyganodon marginata (Say, 1817);

Pyganodon cataracta, formerly Anodonta cataracta, is a species of large freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Its common name is the eastern floater.

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Pyganodon cataracta

The pearly interior of a valve of Pyganodon cataracta at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Secure (NatureServe)^[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Pyganodon
Species:	P. cataracta
Binomial name
*Pyganodon cataracta* (Say, 1817)
Synonyms^[3]
List Anodonta cataracta Say, 1817 Anodonta cataracta subsp. cataracta Say, 1817 Anodonta cataracta subsp. marginata Say, 1817 Anodonta marginata Say, 1817 Anodonta atra Rafinesque, 1820 Anodonta cuneata Rafinesque, 1820 Anodonta digonota Rafinesque, 1831 Anodonta teres Conrad, 1834 Anodonta excurvata DeKay, 1843 Anodonta virgulata Lea, 1857 Anodonta dariensis Lea, 1858 Anodonta williamsii Lea, 1862 Anodonta tryonii Lea, 1862 Anodonta doliaris Lea, 1863 Pyganodon marginata (Say, 1817)