Alabama pearl shell

Alabama pearl shell
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionoida
Family:	Margaritiferidae
Genus:	Margaritifera
Species:	M. marrianae
Binomial name
Margaritifera marrianae R.I. Johnson, 1983

The Alabama pearl shell, scientific name Margaritifera marrianae, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Margaritiferidae, the freshwater pearl mussels.

This species is endemic to the United States. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

• Bogan, A.E. 2000. Margaritifera marrianae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

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