Pale lilliput naiad

Taxobox
name = Pale lilliput naiad


status = CR | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Unionoida
familia = Unionidae
genus = "Toxolasma"
species = "T. cylindrellus"
binomial = "Toxolasma cylindrellus"
binomial_authority = (Lea, 1868)
synonyms = "Carunculina cylindrellus" Lea, 1868The pale lilliput naiad, pale lilliput pearly mussel, or pale lilliput ("Toxolasma cylindrellus") is a species of bivalve in the Unionidae family. It is endemic to the United States. This species has experienced a great range reduction and is currently found only in the Paint Rock River drainage in northern Alabama and southeastern Tennessee. The most recent surveys failed to find this species in the Tennessee portion of the drainage.

ource

* Bogan, A.E. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/22013/all Toxolasma cylindrellus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 07 August 2007.