Toxolasma cylindrellus

Toxolasma cylindrellus
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES) [2]
Scientific classification
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

1. 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 . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
3. Ornes, Stephen (1 August 2020). "The Golden Riffleshell's Appalachian Road Trip" . Science News. 198 (2): 23–27. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
4. NatureServe (3 March 2023). "Toxolasma cylindrellus". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
5. "Pale lilliput (pearlymussel) (Toxolasma cylindrellus)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
6. 41 FR 24062

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