Bivalvia

(Mussels & Clams)

 Photogallery: 

Synonyms:  Plagiola elegans Lea
                                           (Simpson 1900, 1914)
                   Unio elegans Lea
                                            (Frierson 1899, 1911; Vaughn 1893)
                   Unio truncatus

1893 Vaughn
1899 Frierson

1900 Simpson

1911 Frierson
1913 Shira
1914 Simpson

1931 Strecker
1938 Parks Cory et al.

1940 Bachtel

1954 Read

[1968 Murray & Roy]

1972 Mauldin
[1973 Burch]
[1974 RET Inc.]

1984 Gordon
1989 Vidrine

1990 Neck GSA
1993 Vidrine
1995 Howells DSFB119
1996 Howells DSFB120 1996 Howells et al.
1997 Howells
1997 Howells DSFB144
1999 Howells DSFB161

2000 Howells
2000 Howells Mather
         Bergman
2005 Caldeira
2006 Ford & Nicholson
[2008 NatureServe]

notes:

-occurs in swift water on a variety of substrates from mud & gravel to large rocks (Howells et al. 1996)

-reported from the Trinity River (Simpson 1900, 1914)