Toxolasma cylindrellus
Toxolasma cylindrellus, the pale lilliput naiad, pale lilliput pearly mussel, or pale lilliput, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Its host is the northern studfish.

Distribution
This species is endemic to the United States. It has experienced a great range reduction and is currently found only in the Paint Rock River drainage in northern Alabama and southeastern Tennessee.  The most recent surveys failed to find this species in the Tennessee portion of the drainage.

Conservation
The pale lilliput has been listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 since 1976.

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Endemic molluscs of the United States
cylindrellus
Molluscs described in 1868
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
ESA endangered species