{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Toxolasma cylindrellus.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Toxolasma cylindrellus]]'' | taxon = Toxolasma | authority = Rafinesque, 1831 }}
'''''Toxolasma''''' is a [[genus]] of [[freshwater mussel]]s, [[Aquatic animal|aquatic]] [[bivalve]] [[mollusk]]s in the family [[Unionidae]], the river mussels.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Breton |first=Sophie |last2=Stewart |first2=Donald T. |last3=Shepardson |first3=Sally |last4=Trdan |first4=Richard J. |last5=Bogan |first5=Arthur E. |last6=Chapman |first6=Eric G. |last7=Ruminas |first7=Andrew J. |last8=Piontkivska |first8=Helen |last9=Hoeh |first9=Walter R. |date=May 2011 |title=Novel Protein Genes in Animal mtDNA: A New Sex Determination System in Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida)? |url=https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/molbev/msq345 |journal=Molecular Biology and Evolution |language=en |volume=28 |issue=5 |pages=1645–1659 |doi=10.1093/molbev/msq345 |issn=1537-1719 |pmc=3107663 |pmid=21172831}}</ref>
==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)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hanlon |first=Shane D. |last2=Levine |first2=Jay F. |date=June 2004 |title=Notes on the Life History and Demographics of the Savannah Lilliput (Toxolasma pullus) (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in University Lake, NC |url=https://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1656/1528-7092%282004%29003%5B0289%3ANOTLHA%5D2.0.CO%3B2 |journal=Southeastern Naturalist |language=en |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=289–296 |doi=10.1656/1528-7092(2004)003[0289:NOTLHA]2.0.CO;2 |issn=1528-7092|url-access=subscription }}</ref> * ''[[Toxolasma texasiensis]]'' (Texas lilliput)
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