About Pleuronaia dolabelloides (I.Lea, 1840)
Pleuronaia dolabelloides (I.Lea, 1840) is commonly known by the common names the slab-sided naiad, slab-sided pearly mussel, or slabside pearlymussel. It is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk that belongs to Unionidae, the family of river mussels. This species was formerly classified within the genus Lexingtonia. It is endemic to the Tennessee River system located in the United States. Currently, it can be found in Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama, but it has been extirpated from North Carolina and Kentucky. Any Pleuronaia species recorded in Georgia has not been confirmed to be P. dolabelloides.
