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  Genus Truncilla

Species T. truncata

Taxon Information

The Species T. truncata has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

  • Truncilla truncata, "Interior Subregion" (Cummings & Graf, 2010).
  • Truncilla truncata, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
  • Truncilla truncata, (Clench, 1959).
  • Truncilla truncata, "Omro, Fox River, common. Lake Butte des Morts, rare. A form of truncata occurs in Lake Winnebago which is somewhat smaller than the river type of the species." (Baker, 1924).

Bibliography

  • Cummings, K.S. & D.L. Graf. 2010. Mollusca: Bivalvia. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 309-384.
  • Underhill, J.C., W.D. Schmid & D.E. Gilbertson. 1982. Taxonomic Keys to the Common Animals of the North Central States, exclusive of the parasitic worms, terrestrial insects, and birds, 4th edition. 205 pp.
  • Clench, W.J. 1959. Mollusca. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 1117-1160.
  • Baker, F.C. 1924. The fauna of the Lake Winnebago region: A quantitative survey with special reference to the Mollusca. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters 21: 109-146. [Available online]

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