Epioblasma torulosa ssp. gubernaculum
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
MOLLUSCA |
BIVALVIA |
UNIONOIDA |
UNIONIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Epioblasma torulosa ssp. gubernaculum |
| Infra-specific Authority: |
(Reeve, 1865) |
Common Name/s:
| English |
– |
Green-blossom, Green-blossom Naiad, Green-blossom Pearly Mussel, Green Riffle Shell |
|
| Synonym/s: |
Dysnomia torulosa ssp. gubernaculum Reeve, 1865
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Assessment Information
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| 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:
Only known from a single site in the 1970s and recent surveys have failed to find the species. No live specimens have been collected in more than 20 years and fresh shells have not been collected since the 1980s.
|
| History: |
| 1996 |
– |
Critically Endangered
|
| 1994 |
– |
Endangered
(Groombridge 1994)
|
| 1990 |
– |
Endangered
(IUCN 1990)
|
| 1988 |
– |
Endangered
(IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
|
| 1986 |
– |
Endangered
(IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
|
| 1983 |
– |
Endangered
|
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
Tennessee River, Upper tributaries including North Fork, South Fork, Clench River, Dow River.
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| Countries: |
Regionally extinct:
United States
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Habitat and Ecology
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