Biology:Toxolasma parvus

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Toxolasma parvus

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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Toxolasma
Species:
T. parvus
Binomial name
Toxolasma parvus
(Barnes, 1823)
Synonyms

Toxolasma parvum

Toxolasma parvus, the lilliput, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is found throughout the Mississippi River drainage in the United States from South Dakota east to New York, south to Florida and west to Texas, as well as in Ontario, Canada.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3801207 entry