Epioblasma brevidens

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	MOLLUSCA	BIVALVIA	UNIONOIDA	UNIONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

(I. Lea, 1831)

Common Name/s:

English

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Cumberlandian Combshell

Synonym/s:

Dysnomia brevidens I. Lea, 1831

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered A1ce ver 2.3

Year Published:

2000

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Bogan, A.E. (Mollusc Specialist Group)

Reviewer/s:

Seddon. M.B. & Bogan, A.E. (Mollusc Red List Authority)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Bogan (pers. comm. 2000) estimated an 80% decline in populations hence the Critically Endangered listing

History:

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

Range Description:	Occurred in the Cumberland and Tennessee River systems.
Countries:	Native: United States (Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia)
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Systems:	Freshwater

Systems:

Freshwater

Major Threat(s):	Damming along entire river systems has had an impact on this species.

Major Threat(s):

Damming along entire river systems has had an impact on this species.

Citation:	Bogan, A.E. (Mollusc Specialist Group) 2000. Epioblasma brevidens. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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