The southern kidneyshell (''Ptychobranchus jonesi'') is a
species of
freshwater mussel, an
aquatic bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...
mollusk in the family
Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species is
endemic to the
United States.
References
Ptychobranchus
Endemic molluscs of the United States
Critically endangered fauna of the United States
Molluscs described in 1934
ESA endangered species
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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