Appalachian elktoe

Appalachian elktoe
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Alasmidonta
Species:
A. raveneliana
Binomial name
Alasmidonta raveneliana
(I. Lea, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Margaritana raveneliana Lea, 1834
  • Unio swananoensis Hanley, 1843

The Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana) is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. It is native to the United States, where it is known only from North Carolina and Tennessee.