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Pyganodon is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the subfamily Unioninae of the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassBivalvia
  4. OrderUnionida
  5. FamilyUnionidae
Habitatfreshwater

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Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.326382 - Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) - Unionidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
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Pyganodon
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Pyganodon is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the subfamily Unioninae of the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

==Species within the genus Pyganodon== Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817) Pyganodon fragilis (Lamarck, 1819) Pyganodon gibbosa (Say, 1824) Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) Pyganodon lacustris (I. Lea, 1857) Synonyms: Pyganodon implicata (Say, 1829): synonym of Utterbackiana implicata (Say, 1829) Pyganodon lugubris (Say, 1829): synonym of Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) Pyganodon marginata (Say, 1817): synonym of Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817) Pyganodon simpsonaia (I. Lea, 1861): synonym of Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) Pyganodon simpsoniana (I. Lea, 1861): synonym of Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

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