Alasmidonta robusta

Alasmidonta robusta, the Carolina elktoe, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Alasmidonta robusta
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Alasmidonta
Species:	†A. robusta
Binomial name
†Alasmidonta robusta Clarke, 1981
Location of Montgomery County, North Carolina

Distribution

This species was endemic to North Carolina, and was known only from its type specimen collected in Montgomery County, North Carolina. It was first described in 1981.^[2] No specimens have been found since, and are presumed extinct.