Epioblasma lenior

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	MOLLUSCA	BIVALVIA	UNIONOIDA	UNIONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Epioblasma lenior

Species Authority:

(I. Lea, 1842)

Common Name/s:

English

–

Narrow Catspaw, Stone's Pearly Mussel

Synonym/s:

Dysnomia lenior I. Lea, 1842

Taxonomic Notes:

Was listed in the 1996 IUCN Red List under the name Dysnomia lenior.

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:
Bogan suggests that this possibly became extinct since 1965. Only recorded from one site in the last 70 years.

History:

1996	–	Extinct (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1996	–	Critically Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1994	–	Extinct (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Extinct (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986	–	Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1983	–	Extinct

Range Description:	Cumberland and Tennessee River systems.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: United States (Alabama, Tennessee)

Habitat and Ecology:	Small to medium rivers, in gravel and sand in clear fast flowing water.
Systems:	Freshwater

Major Threat(s):	Extinction due to habitat destruction and deterioration.

Major Threat(s):

Extinction due to habitat destruction and deterioration.

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