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Image from Field Guide to the Freshwater Mussels of the Midwest.

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  Genus Potamilus

Species P. alatus

Taxon Information

The Species P. alatus 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

  • Potamilus alatus, "Gulf and Florida Subregion, Interior Subregion" (Cummings & Graf, 2010).
  • Proptera alata, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
  • Proptera alata, (Clench, 1959).
  • Proptera alata, "Common in Lake Butte des Morts and Lake Winnebago." (Baker, 1924).
  • Proptera alata megaptera, "Fox River and other places, common." (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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