Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) is a animal in the Unionidae family, order Unionida, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Amblema plicata, the threeridge, is a species of freshwater river mussel in the Unionidae family.

Family
Genus
Amblema
Order
Unionida
Class
Bivalvia

About Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Amblema plicata, which has the common name threeridge, is a species of freshwater mussel. It is an aquatic bivalve mollusk that belongs to Unionidae, the river mussel family.

Photo: (c) Jesse Holifield, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jesse Holifield · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Bivalvia Unionida Unionidae Amblema

More from Unionidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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