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  Tribe Quadrulini

Genus Megalonaias

    Species M. nervosa -- Wisconsin!
    Species M. nickliniana

Taxon Information

The Genus Megalonaias 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

• Megalonaias, [North America] (Cummings & Graf, 2010).
• Megalonaias, 2 species in Gulf Coast and Mississippi River drainages [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Megalonaias, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).

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.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• MUSSEL Project Web Site