Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Fine-rayed pigtoe pearly mussel (Fusconaia cuneolus), recorded as Endangered
Fine-rayed pigtoe pearly mussel (Fusconaia cuneolus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Fine-rayed pigtoe pearly mussel

Fusconaia cuneolus

Fine-rayed pigtoe pearly mussel is a bivalve in the family Unionidae (order Unionida) — Fusconaia cuneolus, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Fusconaia cuneolus
CITES
Appendix I
Taxonomy
Bivalvia · Unionida · Unionidae · Fusconaia

Appearance

Fish hosts for this mussel include fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). River chub (Nocomis micropogon); stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum); telescope shiner (Notropis telescopus); tennessee shiner (Notropis leuciodus); white shiner (Luxilus albeolus); whitetail shiner (Cyprinella galactura), and the mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdi).

Range and habitat

It is native to Tennessee, Alabama, and Virginia in the United States, in each of that its population has declined severely. There is only one large population that is located in the Clinch River.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Breeding

Freshwater mussels bury in the bed and live for decades if the river still runs and the host fish still spawn.

In crisis

CITES lists this taxon on Appendix I. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.

Fine-rayed pigtoe pearly mussel is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Fine-rayed pigtoe pearly mussel, Wikidata item Q307791. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Narrow pigtoe

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Quick answers

What is Fine-rayed pigtoe pearly mussel?
Fine-rayed pigtoe pearly mussel is a bivalve in the family Unionidae (order Unionida) — Fusconaia cuneolus.
What is the conservation status of Fine-rayed pigtoe pearly mussel?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Fusconaia cuneolus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Fine-rayed pigtoe pearly mussel live?
It is native to Tennessee, Alabama, and Virginia in the United States, in each of that its population has declined severely.
Why is Fine-rayed pigtoe pearly mussel in crisis?
It is native to Tennessee, Alabama, and Virginia in the United States, in each of that its population has declined severely.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Fusconaia cuneolus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Fine-rayed pigtoe pearly mussel a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.