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ANIMAL INFORMATION: Please note, this part of mongabay has been updated |
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Judge Tait's MusselEducational resources on Judge Tait's MusselJudge Tait's Mussel or Pleurobema taitianum is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Extinct . IUCN Profile of the Judge Tait's Mussel TAXONOMY The Judge Tait's mussel may be adversely affected by the loss of its fish host. No fish host has been identified yet, but the hosts of clams from riffle habitats tend to be fwie.fw.vt.edu/WWW/esis/lists/e404022.htm Mississippi Heavy (= Judge Tait's Mussel) Pigtoe : Pleurobema taitianum : E: Indiana Bat : Myotis sodalis : T: Inflated Heelsplitter : Potamilus inflatus : E: Least Tern : Sterna antillarum www.indiana.edu/~bradwood/eagles/tables/mississippi.htm Case Study ...that are on the CITES endangered list are: Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), Curtus' mussel (Pleurobema curtum), Marshall's mussel (Pleurobema marshalli), Judge Tait's mussel ( www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/mussel.htm Encyclopedia of Alabama: Endangered Animal Species of Alabama The heavy pigtoe or Judge Tait's mussel was thought to be extinct, but in 1997 three live specimens were found in the Alabama River near Selma. eoa.auburn.edu/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1656 www.uwsp.edu COMMON NAME: GENUS SPECIES SUBSPECIE S: DATE: RANGE: Illinois cave amphipod: Gammarus acheronytes: 1996: Illinois: Australian amphipod: Austrogammarus australis www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/heywood/geog358/endangr/extinctI/extinctIL.htm Alabama Heavy (= Judge Tait's Mussel) Pigtoe : Pleurobema taitianum : E: Indiana Bat : Myotis sodalis : T: Inflated Heelsplitter : Potamilus inflatus : E: Little-Wing Pearlymussel www.indiana.edu/~bradwood/eagles/tables/alabama.htm Message ...[commit] r1693 - in vicino: . corpora corpora/secondstring lib src src/com src/c. stefano@simile.mit.edu writes on 2005-05-24: simile.mit.edu/mail/ReadMsg?listName=Dev&msgId=4384
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