The southern mapleleaf (''Quadrula apiculata'') 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
* Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al. 1988
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Quadrula
Endemic fauna of the United States
Bivalves described in 1829
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