Epioblasma lewisii

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	MOLLUSCA	BIVALVIA	UNIONOIDA	UNIONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Epioblasma lewisii

Species Authority:

(Walker, 1910)

Common Name/s:

English

–

Forkshell, Lewis Pearly Mussel

Synonym/s:

Dysnomia lewisii Walker, 1910

Taxonomic Notes:

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

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:
Bogan suggests it may possibly be extinct due to pollution in the catchment.

History:

1996	–	Critically Endangered
1996	–	Extinct
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)

Range Description:	Cumberland and Tennessee River systems.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: United States (Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee)
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Habitat and Ecology:	Large rivers, amongst shallow riffle-beds in gravel and sand. Winter breeder.
Systems:	Freshwater

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

Major Threat(s):

Extinction due to pollution and habitat destruction.

Citation:	Bogan, A.E. (Mollusc Specialist Group) 2000. Epioblasma lewisii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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