Bivalvia

(Mussels & Clams)

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Synonyms:  Lampsilis ovata ventricosa (Barnes)
                                           (Murray & Roy 1968)
                   Lampsilis ventricosa (Barnes)
                                           (Read 1954; RET Inc. 1974)
                   Unio ventricosa Barnes

1954 Read

[1968 Murray & Roy]

1974 RET Inc.
1977 White & White

1992 Shafer et al.
1997 Howells
1997 Howells Mather
         Bergman
1998 Howells MDS147

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-rare in Texas (Howells, Mather & Bergman 1997)

-earlier listings in East Texas may have been L. satura (Howells, Mather & Bergman 1997)

-L. cardium is sometimes confused with L. ovata which does not occur in Texas (Howells, Mather & Bergman 1997)

-occurs on sand, sand-gravel or sand-mud substrates