Alasmidonta marginata

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Alasmidonta

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. arcula (Altamaha Arcmussel) · A. atropurpurea (Cumberland Elktoe) · A. heterodon (Dwarf Wedgemussel) · A. marginata (Elktoe) · A. mccordi (Coosa Elktoe) · A. raveneliana (Appalachian Elktoe) · A. robusta (Carolina Elktoe) · A. triangulata (Southern Elktoe) · A. undulata (Triangle Floater) · A. varicosa (Brook Floater) · A. viridis (Slippershell Mussel) · A. wrightiana (Ochlockonee Arcmussel)

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Further Reading

• A descriptive catalogue of the Naiades, or pearly fresh-water mussels. Detroit, Mich., Bryant Walker, 1914. url p. 493.
• A monograph of the Najades of Pennsylvania / by Arnold E. Ortmann. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, [1911-1919] url p. 181, p. 183, p. 190, p. 292, p. 300, p. 301, p. 337, p. 340.
• A monograph of the fluviatile bivalve shells of the river Ohio, containing twelve genera & sixty-eight species. Tr. from the French of C. S. Rafinesque. Philadelphia, J. Dobson, 1832. url p. 62.
• A synopsis of the classification of the fresh-water Mollusca of North America, north of Mexico, and a catalogue of the more recently described species, with notes, by Bryant Walker. .. Ann Arbor, Mich., The University, 1918. url p. 178.
• Agriculture of Maine: . .. annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Maine. Augusta: [State of Maine, Dept. of Agriculture, 1903-1940.] url p. 248.
• Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- url p. 184, p. 297.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 168.
• Annual report of the Ohio State Academy of Science. Columbus: The Academy, 1893-1930. url p. 393.
• Bibliography of North American conchology previous to the year 1860: prepared for the Smithsonian Institution / by W. G. Binney. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1863-1864. url p. 33.
• Bulletin / Illinois Natural History Survey. Urbana, State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Natural History Survey Division, 1918-1985. url p. 287, p. 321, p. 340, p. 385, p. 396, p. 86.
• Bulletin / Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington: G.P.O., 1901-1971. url p. 145, p. 323, p. 348, p. 359.
• Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1905-1950. url p. 104, p. 113, p. 145.
• Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. Bloomington, Ill.: The Laboratory, 1876-1918. url p. 75, p. 75, p. 75.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 149 1980 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 108, p. 148, p. 250, p. 266, p. 279, p. 280, p. 281, p. 343, p. 353, p. 354, p. 355, p. 92.
• Check list of North American Naiades, Detroit, Mich., 1902. url .
• Check list of the Mollusca of New York / Elizabeth J. Letson. Albany: New York State Education Dept., 1905. url p. 91.
• Crustacea. Miscellaneous. [1894-1913] url p. 291, p. 293, p. 295, p. 296, p. 297, p. 298, p. 300, p. 301, p. 303, p. 304, p. 306, p. 307, p. 308, p. 311, p. 312, p. 315, p. 317, p. 321, p. 325, p. 339, p. 352, p. 357, p. 358, p. 366, p. 370, p. 371.
• Fauna of New England: 13. List of the mollusca / by Charles W. Johnson. Boston: Boston Society of Natural History, 1915. url p. 27.
• Final report on the study and appraisal of mussel resources in selected areas of the upper Mississippi River, Notre Dame, Ind., 1922 url p. 11, p. 13, p. 19, p. 21, p. 23, p. 25, p. 29, p. 31.
• Fish and Wildlife Habitat Changes Resulting from Construction of a Nine-Foot Channel on Pools 24, 25, and 26 of the Mississippi River and the Lower Illinois River, Ft. BelvoirDefense Technical Information CenterAPR 1979. url p. 113.
• Fresh-water biology, by Henry Baldwin Ward. .. and George Chandler Whipple. .. with the collaboration of a staff of specialists. New York: Wiley, 1944, c1918. url p. 1006.
• Illinois River Bluffs area assessment / Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Scientific Research and Analysis, [and the] State Geological Survey Division. Springfield, Ill.: Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources, 1998- url p. 119, p. 120.
• Illinois biological monographs. Urbana, Univ. of Illinois Press. url p. 124, p. 125.
• Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science. Lexington, KY: The Academy, 1998- url p. 124, p. 124, p. 127, p. 174, p. 174, p. 28.
• Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum. 4 1906-1911 Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901-1936. url p. 292, p. 300, p. 301.
• Monograph of the naiades of Pennsylvania. .. By Arnold. E. Ortmann. Pittsburgh, Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1911-19. url p. 181, p. 183, p. 189, p. 190, p. 292, p. 301, p. 337, p. 340.
• Name that animal; a guide to the identification of the common land and fresh-water animals of the United States, with special reference to the area east of the Rockies. With drawings by Olive Driver. Northampton? Mass., 1950 url p. 150.
• Natural history and propagation of fresh-water mussels. By R. E. Coker, A. F. Shira, H. W. Clark, and A. D. Howard. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1921. url p. 104, p. 145, p. 95.
• New York State Museum bulletin. 1905 Albany, N.Y.: University of the State of New York, 1916-1944. url p. 91.
• Occasional papers of the Boston Society of Natural History. Boston, Boston Society of Natural History, 1869-1941. url p. 27.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 1913- url p. 39, p. 42, p. 74.
• Papers on Unionidae [by] Ortmann. Pittsburgh, etc., 1908-26 url , p. 176, p. 180, p. 297, p. 39, p. 561, p. 595, p. 596, p. 597, p. 599, p. 600, p. 601, p. 602, p. 603, p. 604, p. 605, p. 606, p. 608, p. 609, p. 610, p. 611, p. 612, p. 613, p. 615, p. 622.
• Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society url p. 291, p. 295, p. 297, p. 298, p. 300, p. 301, p. 303, p. 304, p. 306, p. 307, p. 311, p. 312, p. 315, p. 317, p. 339, p. 357, p. 358, p. 366, p. 370, p. 371, p. 561, p. 561, p. 595, p. 595, p. 596, p. 596, p. 597, p. 597, p. 599, p. 600, p. 600, p. 601, p. 601, p. 602, p. 602, p. 603, p. 603, p. 604, p. 604, p. 605, p. 605, p. 606, p. 606, p. 608, p. 608, p. 609, p. 609, p. 610, p. 610, p. 611, p. 611, p. 612, p. 612, p. 613, p. 614, p. 614, p. 615, p. 615, p. 616, p. 622, p. 622, p. 625.
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Bogan, A.E 2000. Alasmidonta marginata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• Bogan, A.E. (Mollusc Specialist Group) 2000. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 17, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Mollusc Collection - Unionoida
• EMAN Provider: Unionids data from National Water Research Institute
• National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2692474
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-79918
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13815838
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 79918
• IUCN ID: 189590
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMBIV02040
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1697

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