Pleurobema decisum
Species of bivalve
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Pleurobema decisum, the southern clubshell, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
| Pleurobema decisum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Pleurobema |
| Species: | P. decisum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleurobema decisum (I. Lea, 1831) | |
This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss. The species natural habitat is in Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia (U.S. state).[3]
