Edible naiad

Edible naiad
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionoida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Cyprogenia
Species:	C. aberti
Binomial name
Cyprogenia aberti (Conrad, 1850)

The edible naiad, edible pearly mussel, western fan-shell, or western fanshell mussel, scientific name Cyprogenia aberti, a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to the United States.

Source

• Bogan, A.E. 1996. Cyprogenia aberti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.

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