Pleuronaia dolabelloides, the slab-sided naiad, slab-sided pearly mussel, or slabside pearlymussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species was formerly classified under the genus Lexingtonia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Pleuronaia |
| Species: | P. dolabelloides
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| Pleuronaia dolabelloides (Lea, 1840)
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This species is endemic to the Tennessee River system in the United States.[5][page needed] It is currently found in Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama, but has been extirpated from North Carolina and Kentucky.[6] A Pleuronaia species recorded from Georgia has not been established as representing P. dolabelloides.[7]
References
edit- ^ Bogan, A. & Cummings, K. (2012). "Pleuronaia dolabelloides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T11922A504863. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T11922A504863.en. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Slabside Pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ 78 FR 59269
- ^ "Pleuronaia dolabelloides (Lea, 1840)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ Parmalee, Paul W.; Bogan, Arthur E. (1998). The freshwater mussels of Tennessee. University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 1572330139. OCLC 37980671.
- ^ NatureServe (3 May 2024). "Pleuronaia dolabelloides". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ Slabside Pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides), 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation (PDF) (Report). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
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