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Oyster mussel

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionoida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Epioblasma
Species:	E. 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. --> Epioblasma is a genus of Bivalve in the Unionidae family capsaeformis

Binomial name

Epioblasma capsaeformis
(I. Lea, 1834)

Synonyms

Dysnomia capsaeformis I. In Scientific nomenclature, synonyms are different Scientific names used for a single Taxon. Lea, 1834

The oyster mussel, Epioblasma capsaeformis, is a species of freshwater mussel, a bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae. Bivalves are Molluscs belonging to the class Bivalvia. They have two-part shells and typically both valves are symmetrical along the hinge line Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000 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 Its natural habitat is rivers. A habitat (which is Latin for "it inhabits" is an Ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular Species. "Riverine" redirects here For the use of that term in Maritime geography, see there Like many American freshwater mussels, its survival is threatened by habitat loss and pollution. Habitat destruction is the process in which natural Habitat is rendered functionally unable to support the species originally present

Source

Bogan, A. E. 2000. Epioblasma capsaeformis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 07 August 2007. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

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