Interesting Facts
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Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- Molluscs
- Class:
Bivalvia
()
- Bivalves
- Subfamily:
Megalonaiadinae
()
- Genus:
Megalonaias
()
- Utterback, 1915
- Specific name:
gigantea
- Airy Shaw
- Scientific name: - Megalonaias gigantea Airy Shaw
- Specific name:
gigantea
- Airy Shaw
- Genus:
Megalonaias
(
- Subfamily:
Megalonaiadinae
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Megalonaias
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. boykiniana (Round Washboard) · M. nervosa (Washboard) · M. nicklineana (Nicklin's Pearly Mussel)
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Further Reading
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- Bulletin / Illinois Natural History Survey. Urbana, State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Natural History Survey Division, 1918-1985. url , p. 287, p. 295, p. 378, p. 385, p. 391, p. 392, p. 393, p. 403, p. 457.
- Bulletin / Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington: G.P.O., 1901-1971. url p. 348, p. 355.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 149 1980 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 108, p. 90.
- Effects of fleeting on mussels.: Interim report / by Richard E. Sparks and K. Douglas Blodgett. Havana, Ill.: River Research Laboratory, 1985. url p. 49, p. 52, p. 54, p. 92.
- Effects of three commercial harvesting methods on mussel beds / Richard E. Sparks and K. Douglas Blodgett. Havana, Ill.: Illinois Natural History Survey, River Research Laboratory, 1983. url , p. 8.
- 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, p. 449.
- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1962 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 3, p. 33, p. 34, p. 42, plate 6, page 43, fig. 2, page 44, p. 5, p. 6.
- Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 1913- url p. 12, p. 8.
- Papers on Unionidae [by] Ortmann. Pittsburgh, etc., 1908-26 url p. 12, p. 171, p. 186, p. 7.
- Pesticides monitoring journal. [Washington, D.C.: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1967-1981. url p. 47.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 2.
- Records of large fresh-water mussels. 24 1941 Chicago, 1941. url p. 268.
- Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year. .. with appendixes Washington: G.P.O., 1914- url p. 318.
- Sediment toxicity in Reach 15 of the Upper Mississippi River: technical report to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources./ Denise B. Stoeckel, K. Douglas Blodgett, and Richard E. Sparks. Champaign, Ill.: Illinois Natural History Survey, Jan. 1997. url p. 5.
- Texas conchologist. Houston, Houston Conchology Society url p. 21.
- The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. London, International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url p. 273, p. 274.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url , p. 132, p. 134, p. 136, p. 137, p. 15, p. 219, p. 29, p. 30, p. 30, p. 48, p. 49, p. 5, p. 56, p. 66, p. 72, p. 73, p. 88, p. 90, p. 93.
- The biology of senescence. New York, Rinehart, 1956. url p. 207.
- Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science. Springfield, Ill., Illinois State Academy of Science [etc.] url p. 329.
- Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 56, p. 86, p. 94.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 01, 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
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 512494
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-181127
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 181127
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 407459
