Elliptio nigella

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA MOLLUSCA BIVALVIA UNIONOIDA UNIONIDAE

Scientific Name: Elliptio nigella
Species Authority: (I. Lea, 1852)
Common Name/s:
English Recovery Pearly Mussel, Winged Spike

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. & Bogan, A.E. (Mollusc Red List Authority)
Justification:
Listed as Critically Endangered in 1996 (Baillie and Groombridge 1996) due to a lack of survey information. Recent surveys have shown this to be Extinct.
History:
1996 Critically Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1994 Indeterminate (Groombridge 1994)
1990 Extinct (IUCN 1990)
1988 Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986 Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

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

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater
Citation: Bogan, A.E. 2000. Elliptio nigella. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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