Pale lilliput naiad

Pale lilliput naiad
Toxolasma cylindrellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Tribe: Lampsilini
Genus: Toxolasma
Species: T. cylindrellus
Binomial name
Toxolasma cylindrellus
(Lea, 1868)
Synonyms

Carunculina cylindrellus Lea, 1868

The pale lilliput naiad, pale lilliput pearly mussel, or pale lilliput, scientific name Toxolasma cylindrellus, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

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. The most recent surveys failed to find this species in the Tennessee portion of the drainage.

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