Theliderma sparsa

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	MOLLUSCA	BIVALVIA	UNIONOIDA	UNIONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Theliderma sparsa

Species Authority:

(Lea, 1841)

Common Name/s:

English

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Appalachian Monkeyface, Appalachian Monkey-face Pearly Mussel

Synonym/s:

Quadrula sparsa (Lea, 1841)

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered A1c ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Bogan, A.E.

History:

1994	–	Endangered (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986	–	Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Countries:	Native: United States

Countries:

Native:

United States

Systems:	Freshwater

Systems:

Freshwater

	Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B (editors and compilers). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

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

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Citation:	Bogan, A.E. 1996. Theliderma sparsa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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