Edible naiad

Edible naiad
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.

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