> The OSU collection has specimens from Nova Scotia to the Meherrin and Nottaway rivers at the NC/SC border. None from Newfoundland. The closest records to Staten Island we have are from the Hudson River, pretty far upstream.<
Meherrin and Nottaway would be VA-NC border; Peedee is a likely NC-SC
border option, as well as being an also-ran for Stephen Foster's
choice of 2 syllable southern river.
Several mussels have anadromous hosts and thus are limited by dams,
just as the hosts are. Fish passage structures may be a viable
compromise in some cases.
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Dr. David Campbell
Collections Assistant
The Paleontological Research Institution
1259 Trumansburg Road
Ithaca NY 14850
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