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Pleurobema oviforme, the Tennessee clubshell, is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. It is native to the eastern United States, where it occurs in Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. It also previously occurred in Mississippi.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Tennessee Clubshell being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pleuronaia dolabelloides
- Pleuronaia barnesiana
- Pleurobema decisum
- Pleurobema clava
- Pleurobema sintoxia
- Ellipsaria lineolata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Unionida
- Family
- Unionidae
- Genus
- Pleurobema
- Species
- Pleurobema oviforme
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