Biology:Toxolasma cylindrellus
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Short description: Species of bivalve
| Toxolasma cylindrellus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Toxolasma |
| Species: | T. cylindrellus
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| Binomial name | |
| Toxolasma cylindrellus (Lea, 1868)
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| Synonyms | |
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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
- ↑ Cummings, K.; Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Toxolasma cylindrellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T22013A2781049. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T22013A2781049.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22013/2781049. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ↑ "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php.
- ↑ Ornes, Stephen (1 August 2020). "The Golden Riffleshell's Appalachian Road Trip". Science News 198 (2): 23–27. https://www.sciencenewsdigital.org/sciencenews/august_1__2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ↑ NatureServe (3 March 2023). "Toxolasma cylindrellus". Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.116497/Toxolasma_cylindrellus.
- ↑ "Pale lilliput (pearlymussel) (Toxolasma cylindrellus)". U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/3118.
- ↑ 41 FR 24062
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q507332 entry
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