Theliderma sparsa
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theliderma-sparsa-281-3194098
title:
Theliderma sparsa
text:
Theliderma sparsa, the Appalachian monkey-face pearly mussel or Appalachian monkeyface, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is endemic to western Virginia and eastern Tennessee in the Appalachia region, in the Southeastern United States. It is critically endangered due to pollution of the rivers in which it lives. Being a detritivore, the mussel absorbs the pollutants which contaminate the river as it feeds.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of bivalve
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theliderma_sparsa
date created:
date modified:
2023-12-25T20:41:54Z
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fields total:
13
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