Pleurobema rubellum

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA MOLLUSCA BIVALVIA UNIONOIDA UNIONIDAE

Scientific Name: Pleurobema rubellum
Species Authority: (Conrad, 1834)
Common Name/s:
English – Warrior Pigtoe

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Extinct     ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 2000
Assessor/s: Bogan, A.E. (Mollusc Specialist Group)
Reviewer/s: Seddon, M.B. (Mollusc Red List Authority)
Justification:
Listed as Critically Endangered in 1996 (Baillie and Groombridge 1996) due to lack of survey information. Recent surveys now show this species to be Extinct due to damming.
History:
1996 – Critically Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1994 – Indeterminate (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Regionally extinct:
United States (Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee)

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): Damming removed all habitat.
Citation: Bogan, A.E. 2000. Pleurobema rubellum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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