Biology:Toxolasma cylindrellus

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Toxolasma cylindrellus
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CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Toxolasma
Species:
T. cylindrellus
Binomial name
Toxolasma cylindrellus
(Lea, 1868)
Synonyms

Carunculina cylindrellus (Lea, 1868)

Toxolasma cylindrellus, the pale lilliput naiad, pale lilliput pearly mussel, or pale lilliput, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Its host is the northern studfish.[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to the United States . It has experienced a great range reduction and is currently found only in the Paint Rock River drainage in northern Alabama and southeastern Tennessee .[4] The most recent surveys failed to find this species in the Tennessee portion of the drainage.[citation needed]

Conservation

The pale lilliput has been listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 since 1976.[5][6]:24064

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q507332 entry