Villosa trabalis
Species of bivalve
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Villosa trabalis, the Cumberland bean pearly mussel, Cumberland bean, or purple bean, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae.
| Villosa trabalis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Villosa |
| Species: | V. trabalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Villosa trabalis (Conrad, 1834) | |
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This species is endemic to the United States. It can be found in Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, is likely extirpated from Alabama, and possibly extirpated from North Carolina and Georgia.[4] Its natural habitat is riffles in streams or rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[4]
It is a federally listed endangered species,[5] having received the designation from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1976.[5][6]: 24064 It is also protected under Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.[2]: 59
