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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini

genus Toxolasma Rafinesque, 1831: species
     3 available nominal genus synonyms (4 total synonyms) | cladomics

Toxolasma corvunculus (Lea, 1868)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Mobile Basin, east to the Choctawhatchee, eastern Gulf Coastal Plain, USA. (North America)
NatureServe: G1
other links: MolluscaBase

Toxolasma cylindrellus (Lea, 1868)
syonymy (1 available, 3 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Tennessee River, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 5.8S, ITS1
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered A2ace; B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv)
NatureServe: G1 (Toxolasma cylindrellum)
other links: MolluscaBase

Toxolasma lividum Rafinesque, 1831
syonymy (4 available, 7 total) | specimens (2 + 2 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Widespread in the Interior Basin, excluding the upper Mississippi, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 28S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, COII, COII M-type, ITS1, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G3
other links: MolluscaBase

Toxolasma parvum (Barnes, 1823)
syonymy (3 available, 5 total) | specimens (6 + 2 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Widespread in the Interior Basin and the rivers of the Gulf Coastal Plain, USA and Canada. Introduced to the Apalachicola and Ochlockonee rivers. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, mtGenome, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
NatureServe: G5
other links: MolluscaBase

Toxolasma paulum (Lea, 1840)
syonymy (7 available, 9 total) | specimens (8)
Range: Apalachicola River east to peninsular Florida, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: COI, ND1, other
NatureServe: G4
other links: MolluscaBase

Toxolasma pullus (Conrad, 1838)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Southern Atlantic Slope from Georgia to North Carolina. (North America)
Genbank sequences: other
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable B1ab(i,iii,iv)
NatureServe: G2
other links: MolluscaBase

Toxolasma texasiense (Lea, 1857)
syonymy (5 available, 9 total) | specimens (15 + 2 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Western Gulf Coastal Plain and the southern Interior Basin, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, ND1, other
NatureServe: G4
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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