Cyprogenia aberti | |
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Conservation status
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Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Cyprogenia |
Species: | C. aberti
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Binomial name | |
Cyprogenia aberti (Conrad, 1850)
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Cyprogenia aberti, the western fanshell, edible naiad, edible pearly mussel, or western fanshell mussel, 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.