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{{Short description|Species of bivalve}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Southern kidneyshell
| image = 
| status = CR 
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Cordeiro, J. |author2=Cummings, K. |author3=Bogan, A. |date=2012 |title=''Ptychobranchus jonesi'' |volume=2012 |page=e.T18826A1855999 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T18826A1855999.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Ptychobranchus
| species = jonesi
| authority = (van der Schalie, 1934)
| synonyms = 
}}

The '''southern kidneyshell''' (''Ptychobranchus jonesi'') is a [[Biology:Species|species]] of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family [[Biology:Unionidae|Unionidae]], the river mussels.

This species is [[Biology:Endemism|endemic]] to the {{wipe|United States}}.

==References==
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[[Category:Ptychobranchus]]
[[Category:ESA endangered species]]



{{Sourceattribution|Southern kidneyshell}}