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