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  2. ›Molluscs
  3. ›Bivalves
  4. ›Autobranchia
  5. ›Heteroconchia
  6. ›Freshwater Mussels and Brooch Clams
  7. ›Freshwater Mussels
  8. ›Unionoidea
  9. ›River Mussels
  10. ›Ambleminae
  11. ›Pleurobemini
  12. ›Elliptoideus
Purple Bankclimber
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Purple Bankclimber

Elliptoideus sloatianus

The purple bankclimber, Elliptoideus sloatianus, is a rare and endangered species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 99860.