Potamilus leptodon
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| Species: | L. leptodon
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| Leptodea leptodon Rafinesque, 1820
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The scale shell or scaleshell, scientific name Leptodea leptodon, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species is endemic to the United States.
Source
- Bogan, A.E. 1996. Leptodea leptodon. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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