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Ortmanniana pectorosa, previously Actinonaias pectorosa,[2] is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Its common name is the pheasantshell.
Ortmanniana pectorosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Ortmanniana |
Species: | O. pectorosa |
Binomial name | |
Ortmanniana pectorosa (Conrad, 1834) | |
This species is endemic to the drainages of the Cumberland River and the Tennessee River in the United States.
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