Each of the sixty-six species of freshwater mussels from Pennsylvania waters (including extant and extirpated species) is described and illustrated by the author. Al Spoo provides multiple views for each species on full-color plates, and offers keys for distinguishing them. Freshwater mussels are a rapidly disappearing resource, and this book offers a detailed look at these fascinating natural treasures.
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similar species, typical adult shell, iridescent toward the posterior end, pseudocardinal teeth, anterior muscle scar, beak cavity, rough growth lines, small extra tooth, faint green rays, sculptured with ridges, torulosa rangiana, periostracum greenish, pallial line, posterior ridge, tinged with salmon, posterior slope, left valve, few faint lines, believed extirpated, greenish rays, fish hosts, right valve, lateral teeth, coarse ridges, older shells Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Internal Characters, Plate Figures, Reported Fish Hosts, Pennsylvania River Drainage System, General Range, Status of Shell, Special Notes, Ohio River, Subfamily Lampsilinae Composition, Subfamily Anodontinae Composition, New York, Subfamily Pleurobeminae Composition, Delaware River, Subfamily Ambleminae Composition, Triangular Large, Susquehanna River, Medium Moderate Inflation Lampsilis, Nova Scotia, Yellowish White Lampsilis, Medium Moderate Inflation Alasmidonta, South Carolina, Few Faint Lines Large, Double Loops, Great Lakes, Lancaster County Browse Sample Pages:
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similar species, typical adult shell, iridescent toward the posterior end, pseudocardinal teeth, anterior muscle scar, beak cavity, rough growth lines, small extra tooth, faint green rays, sculptured with ridges, torulosa rangiana, periostracum greenish, pallial line, posterior ridge, tinged with salmon, posterior slope, left valve, few faint lines, believed extirpated, greenish rays, fish hosts, right valve, lateral teeth, coarse ridges, older shells Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Internal Characters, Plate Figures, Reported Fish Hosts, Pennsylvania River Drainage System, General Range, Status of Shell, Special Notes, Ohio River, Subfamily Lampsilinae Composition, Subfamily Anodontinae Composition, New York, Subfamily Pleurobeminae Composition, Delaware River, Subfamily Ambleminae Composition, Triangular Large, Susquehanna River, Medium Moderate Inflation Lampsilis, Nova Scotia, Yellowish White Lampsilis, Medium Moderate Inflation Alasmidonta, South Carolina, Few Faint Lines Large, Double Loops, Great Lakes, Lancaster County Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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