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  Tribe Lampsilini

Genus Actinonaias

    Species A. computata
    Species A. coyensis
    Species A. medellina
    Species A. moctezumensis
    Species A. sapotalensis
    Species A. signata
    Species A. undivaga

Taxon Information

The Genus Actinonaias has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has not been reported from North America.

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

Literature Records

• Actinonaias, [North America] (Cummings & Graf, 2010).
• Actinonaias, about 4 species, widely distributed in the interior [United States] (Smith, 2001).
• Actinonaias, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Actinonaias, "Several species in this genus, which is widely distributed in the upper Mississippi and Great Lakes area south to Ala." (Clench, 1959).

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.
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Mollusca (Gastropods, pelecypods). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 327-400.
• 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.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• MUSSEL Project Web Site