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Pleurobema hanleyianum

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA MOLLUSCA BIVALVIA UNIONOIDA UNIONIDAE

Scientific Name: Pleurobema hanleyianum
Species Authority: (Lea, 1852)
Common Name/s:
English Georgia Pigtoe
Synonym/s:
Pleurobema hanleyanum (I. Lea, 1852)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Extinct     ver 2.3
Year Published: 2000
Assessor/s: Bogan, A.E. (Mollusc Specialist Group)
Reviewer/s: Seddon, M.B. (Mollusc Red List Authority)
Justification:
Listed in 1996 as Critically Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996) due to lack of survey information. Recent surveys show this species to be Extinct.

Dr. D. Campbell pers. comm. (2005) indicates that this species may still be extant.
History:
1996 Critically Endangered

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Regionally extinct:
United States (Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee)
Range Map: Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater

Bibliography [top]

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B (editors and compilers). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN red list of threatened species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Citation: Bogan, A.E. 2000. Pleurobema hanleyianum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012.
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