Toxolasma cylindrellus
{{Short description|Species of bivalve}}
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| image = Toxolasma cylindrellus.jpg
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| status = CR
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status2 = CITES_A1
| status2_system = CITES
| status2_ref = {{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}
| genus = Toxolasma
| species = cylindrellus
| authority = (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.{{cite journal |last1=Ornes |first1=Stephen |title=The Golden Riffleshell's Appalachian Road Trip |journal=Science News |date=1 August 2020 |volume=198 |issue=2 |pages=23–27 |url=https://www.sciencenewsdigital.org/sciencenews/august_1__2020 |access-date=4 August 2020|url-access=subscription}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.116497/Toxolasma_cylindrellus|title=Toxolasma cylindrellus|website=NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer|author=NatureServe|publisher=NatureServe|location=Arlington, Virginia|access-date=6 April 2023|date=3 March 2023}} The most recent surveys failed to find this species in the Tennessee portion of the drainage.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}
Conservation
The pale lilliput has been listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 since 1976.{{cite web|url=https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/3118|title=Pale lilliput (pearlymussel) (Toxolasma cylindrellus)|website=Environmental Conservation Online System|publisher=U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service|access-date=19 April 2023}}{{Federal Register|41|24062}}{{rp|24064}}
References
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External links
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Category:Endemic molluscs of the United States
Category:Molluscs described in 1868
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:ESA endangered species
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