Pleurobema strodeanum

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	MOLLUSCA	BIVALVIA	UNIONOIDA	UNIONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Pleurobema strodeanum

Species Authority:

(Wright, 1898)

Common Name/s:

English

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Fuzzy Pigtoe

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1c+2c, B1+2bcd ver 2.3

Year Published:

2000

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Bogan, A.E. & Seddon, M.B. (from TNC, R.S. Butler)

Reviewer/s:

Seddon, M.B. (Mollusc Red List Authority)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
A total of 30 subpopulations were known in 1996. At the Alabama site rates of find were 25 per hour in 1988. There is under 200 km length of available river for this species.

History:

1996

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Vulnerable

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: United States (Alabama, Florida)
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Population [top]

Population Trend:	Decreasing

Population Trend:

Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species inhabits moderate current rivers in small to medium -sized rivers, where it is found in silty-mud and silty-sand substrates.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Siltation, water pollution (agricultural run-off, residential), channel alteration (dredging, road/bridge construction), dam construction for flood control are threats to this species.

Major Threat(s):

Siltation, water pollution (agricultural run-off, residential), channel alteration (dredging, road/bridge construction), dam construction for flood control are threats to this species.

Bibliography [top]

	Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland. Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.

Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Citation:	Bogan, A.E. & Seddon, M.B. (from TNC, R.S. Butler) 2000. Pleurobema strodeanum. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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