Pleuronaia is a genusoffreshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. They are native to the United States.
Pleuronaia | |
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Pleuronaia dolabelloides | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Tribe: | Pleurobemini |
Genus: | Pleuronaia Frierson, 1927 |
Synonyms | |
Lexingtonia |
Some members of this genus were formerly included under the now-obsolete name Lexingtonia.[1]
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