Toxolasma Explained

Toxolasma is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.^[1]

Species within the genus Toxolasma

• Toxolasma corvuncvulus (southern purple lilliput)
• Toxolasma cylindrellus (pale lilliput)
• Toxolasma lividus (purple lilliput)
• Toxolasma mearnsi (western lilliput)
• Toxolasma parvus (lilliput)
• Toxolasma paulus (iridescent lilliput)
• Toxolasma pullus (Savannah lilliput)^[2]
• Toxolasma texasiensis (Texas lilliput)

Notes and References

1. Breton . Sophie . Stewart . Donald T. . Shepardson . Sally . Trdan . Richard J. . Bogan . Arthur E. . Chapman . Eric G. . Ruminas . Andrew J. . Piontkivska . Helen . Hoeh . Walter R. . May 2011 . Novel Protein Genes in Animal mtDNA: A New Sex Determination System in Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida)? . Molecular Biology and Evolution . en . 28 . 5 . 1645–1659 . 10.1093/molbev/msq345 . 1537-1719 . 3107663 . 21172831.
2. Hanlon . Shane D. . Levine . Jay F. . June 2004 . Notes on the Life History and Demographics of the Savannah Lilliput (Toxolasma pullus) (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in University Lake, NC . Southeastern Naturalist . en . 3 . 2 . 289–296 . 10.1656/1528-7092(2004)003[0289:NOTLHA]2.0.CO;2 . 1528-7092.