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  Genus Amblema

Species A. plicata (+ A. costata)

Taxon Information

The Species A. plicata 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

• Amblema plicata, "Interior Subregion" (Cummings & Graf, 2010).
• Amblema plicata, "Gulf and Florida Subregion" (Cummings & Graf, 2010).
• Amblema plicata, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Crenodonta costata, (Clench, 1959).
• Amblema costata, "Omro, Fox River, Lake Butte des Morts, rare" (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]

Web Pages

• Field Guide to the Freshwater Mussels of the Midwest