Georgia pigtoe

The Georgia pigtoe (Pleurobema hanleyianum) is a rare species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae. It is native to Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee in the United States, where it has been extirpated from most of its historical range. It was declared extinct by the IUCN,^[2] but a few living individuals were discovered persisting in the Conasauga River in Georgia^[1] and Tennessee.^[3] It was federally listed as an endangered species in 2010.

Georgia pigtoe
Conservation status
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Pleurobema
Species:	P. hanleyianum
Binomial name
Pleurobema hanleyianum (I. Lea, 1852)