Toxolasma parvus, the lilliput, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
Toxolasma parvus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: | Toxolasma |
Species: | T. parvus
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Binomial name | |
Toxolasma parvus (Barnes, 1823)
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Synonyms | |
Toxolasma parvum |
This species is found throughout the Mississippi River drainage in the United States from South Dakota east to New York, south to Florida and west to Texas, as well as in Ontario, Canada.
References
edit- ^ "Toxolasma parvum". Retrieved 24 November 2024.