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Epioblasma turgidula

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA MOLLUSCA BIVALVIA UNIONOIDA UNIONIDAE

Scientific Name: Epioblasma turgidula
Species Authority: (Lea, 1858)
Common Name/s:
English – Turgid-blossom, Turgid-blossom Naiad, Turgid-blossom Pearly Mussel, Turgid Riffle Shell
Synonym/s:
Dysnomia turgidula Lea, 1858

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Extinct ver 2.3
Year Published: 2000
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Bogan, A.E. (Mollusc Specialist Group)
Reviewer/s: Seddon. M.B. (Mollusc Red List Authority)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Listed as Critically Endangered in 1996 (Baillie and Groombridge 1996), now considered to be Extinct.
History:
1996 – Critically Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
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)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Regionally extinct:
United States
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater
Citation: Bogan, A.E. (Mollusc Specialist Group) 2000. Epioblasma turgidula. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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