Biology:Pleurobema taitianum
| Pleurobema taitianum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Pleurobema |
| Species: | P. taitianum
|
| Binomial name | |
| Pleurobema taitianum (I. Lea, 1834)
| |
| Synonyms[3] | |
| |
Pleurobema taitianum, the heavy pigtoe[2] or Judge Tait's mussel,[4] is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species is endemic to the United States . Previously found in the Tombigbee, Alabama, Coosa and Cahaba and possibly the Black Warrior rivers, it is now found only in the Alabama/Coosa River.[2] It may already be extinct,[2] as no evidence of recruitment was found in a 2010 survey.[5] It is a federally endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.[4][6] It received federal protection in 1987 after construction of the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway isolated it in a bypassed meander of the Tombigbee River.[4] At the time it was also believed to survive in the Buttahatchie, East Fork Tombigbee and Sipsey rivers, all tributaries of the Tombigbee.[4]:11163 It was threatened in the East Fork Tombigbee by total diversion of its Bull Mountain Creek tributary into a warm-water canal, likely altering East Fork water temperature, and in the others by various U.S. Army Corps of Engineers improvement projects.[4]:11165-11166
References
- ↑ Cummings, K.; Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Pleurobema taitianum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T17671A1443931. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T17671A1443931.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17671/1443931. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 NatureServe (2 June 2023). "Pleurobema taitianum". Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.116207/Pleurobema_taitianum.
- ↑ "Pleurobema taitianum (I.Lea, 1834)". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/2288092.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Stewart, James H.; Pulliam III, John J.; ((Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior)) (7 April 1987). "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status for Marshall's Mussel (Pleurobema marshalli), Curtis's Mussel (Pleurobema curtum), Judge Tait's Mussel (Pleurobema taitianum), the Stirrup Mussel (Quadrual stapes), and the Penitent Mussel (Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) penita)". Federal Register 52 (66): 11162-11169. 52 FR 11162
- ↑ Stewart, James H. (25 September 2019). "Recovery Plan for the Endangered Heavy Pigtoe (Pleurobema taitianum)". Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/Heavy%20Pigtoe%20Recovery%20Plan%20Amendment_1.pdf.
- ↑ "Heavy pigtoe (Pleurobema taitianum)". U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/298.
Wikidata ☰ Q3013676 entry
 |  |
