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Fusconaia mitchelli (Quincuncina mitchelli; False Spike)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Quadrula mitchelli, the false spike, 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. It was formerly included in the now-obsolete genus Quincuncina.
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Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
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Citations

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0