# Pleuronaia

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Genus of Bivalvia

Pleuronaia Pleuronaia dolabelloides Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Unionida Family: Unionidae Tribe: Pleurobemini Genus: Pleuronaia Frierson, 1927 Synonyms Lexingtonia

***Pleuronaia*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [freshwater mussels](/source/Freshwater_mussel), [aquatic](/source/Aquatic_animal) [bivalve](/source/Bivalve) [mollusks](/source/Mollusk) in the family [Unionidae](/source/Unionidae), the river mussels. They are native to the [United States](/source/United_States).

Some members of this genus were formerly included under the now-obsolete name *Lexingtonia*.[1]

## Species

- *[Pleuronaia barnesiana](/source/Pleuronaia_barnesiana)*

- *[Pleuronaia dolabelloides](/source/Pleuronaia_dolabelloides)* ("slab-sided naiad")

- *[Pleuronaia gibberum](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pleuronaia_gibberum&action=edit&redlink=1)*

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Campbell, David; Lydeard, Charles (2012). "Molecular Systematics of Fusconaia (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Ambleminae)". *American Malacological Bulletin*. **30** (1): 1–17. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[2012AMalB..30....1C](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012AMalB..30....1C). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.4003/006.030.0101](https://doi.org/10.4003%2F006.030.0101).

Taxon identifiers Pleuronaia Wikidata: Q28320307 BOLD: 733521 CoL: 7PCWW GBIF: 4593003 iNaturalist: 150010 IRMNG: 1318176 ITIS: 906905 NCBI: 1034366 Open Tree of Life: 706373 WoRMS: 856843

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