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  Genus Lasmigona

Species L. costata

Taxon Information

The Species L. costata 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

• Lasmigona costata, "Interior Subregion" (Cummings & Graf, 2010).
• Lasmigona costata, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Lasmigona (Lasmigona) costata, "wide distribution in the St. Lawrence and Mississippi river systems" (Clench, 1959).
• Lasmigona costata, "Omro, common and typical." (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