Southern kidneyshell

Southern kidneyshell
Critically Imperiled
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Ptychobranchus
Species:
P. jonesi
Binomial name
Ptychobranchus jonesi
(van der Schalie, 1934)

The southern kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus jonesi) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to the United States.

References

  1. ^ Cordeiro, J.; Cummings, K.; Bogan, A. (2012). "Ptychobranchus jonesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012 e.T18826A1855999. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T18826A1855999.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ NatureServe. "Ptychobranchus jonesi". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 30 December 2025.