Pleuronaia dolabelloides

Pleuronaia dolabelloides
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Endangered (ESA)[2][3]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Pleuronaia
Species:	P. dolabelloides
Binomial name
Pleuronaia dolabelloides (Lea, 1840)
Synonyms[4]
List Lexingtonia dolabelloides (Lea, 1840) Lexingtonia dolabelloides subsp. dolabelloides (Lea, 1840) Lexingtonia dolabelloides subsp. conradi (Vanatta, 1915) Unio maculatus Conrad, 1834 Unio dolabelloides Lea, 1840 Unio thorntonii Lea, 1857 Unio mooresianus Lea, 1857 Unio circumactus Lea, 1871 Unio recurvatus Lea, 1871 Unio subglobatus Lea, 1871 Pleurobema conradi Vanatta, 1915 Unio tornhatonii subsp. duckensis de Gregorio, 1914

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.

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

1. 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.
2. "Slabside Pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
3. 78 FR 59269
4. "Pleuronaia dolabelloides (Lea, 1840)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
5. Parmalee, Paul W.; Bogan, Arthur E. (1998). The freshwater mussels of Tennessee. University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 1572330139. OCLC 37980671.
6. NatureServe (3 May 2024). "Pleuronaia dolabelloides". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
7. Slabside Pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides), 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation (PDF) (Report). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2024.