{{short description|Genus of Bivalvia}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Pleuronaia dolabelloides.png |image_caption = ''[[Pleuronaia dolabelloides]]'' |taxon = Pleuronaia |authority = Frierson, 1927 |synonyms = ''Lexingtonia'' }}
'''''Pleuronaia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[freshwater mussel]]s, [[Aquatic animal|aquatic]] [[bivalve]] [[mollusk]]s in the family [[Unionidae]], the river mussels. They are native to the [[United States]].
Some members of this genus were formerly included under the now-obsolete name ''Lexingtonia''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Campbell |first1=David |last2=Lydeard |first2=Charles |date=2012 |title=Molecular Systematics of Fusconaia (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae) |journal= American Malacological Bulletin |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=1–17|doi=10.4003/006.030.0101 |bibcode=2012AMalB..30....1C }}</ref>
==Species== * ''[[Pleuronaia barnesiana]]'' * ''[[Pleuronaia dolabelloides]]'' ("slab-sided naiad") * ''[[Pleuronaia gibberum]]''
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