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Lilliput


Toxolasma parvus

No conservation status in Kansas, declining in the Kansas River basin

Widespread in the Kansas River basin, locally common in creeks with pooled habitat, formerly scattered in western tributary basins now nearly absent.*


* Comments on Kansas River species provided by Steve Cringan, based in part on observations in: Angelo, R.T., M.S.Cringan, E.Hays, C.A.Goodrich, E.J.Miller, M.A.VanScoyoc, B.R.Simmons. 2009. Historical Changes in the Occurrence and Distribution of Freshwater Mussels in Kansas, Great Plains Research 19(1):89-126.

Data courtesy of Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). We would like to thank Steve Cringan and Clint Goodrich for their assistance.