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Animalia
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Mollusca
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Bivalvia
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Unionoida
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Unionidae
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Quincuncina
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Q. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Organisms with a conservation status of critically endangered have an extremely high risk of becoming extinct The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000 Bivalves are Molluscs belonging to the class Bivalvia. They have two-part shells and typically both valves are symmetrical along the hinge line Unionoida is an order within the class Bivalvia. Members of the order Unionoida which includes the pearly freshwater Mussels are found on six continents Unionidae is a family of freshwater Mussels distributed world-wide but most diverse in North America with about 297 recognized taxa UserPolbot. --> Quincuncina is a genus of Bivalve in the Unionidae family mitchelli
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Quincuncina mitchelli
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The false spike (Quincuncina mitchelli) is a species of bivalve in the Unionidae family. Bivalves are Molluscs belonging to the class Bivalvia. They have two-part shells and typically both valves are symmetrical along the hinge line Unionidae is a family of freshwater Mussels distributed world-wide but most diverse in North America with about 297 recognized taxa It is endemic to the United States. Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
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