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Thanks to all of you for the info on fw bivalves, I passed
it along.
Peter
At 10:52 PM 4/8/01 +1000, you wrote:
>Dear Peter,
>The American Museum of Natural History Guide to Shells Land, Freshwater, and
>Marine from Nova Scotia to Florida by Emerson & Jacobson, l976; has some
>useful descriptions and photos of eastern American Unionids.
>2 are described from Canada
> Anodonta cataracta
> implicata
>5 from the St Lawrence River Basin (?includes Newfoundland)
> Strophitus undulatus
> Lampsilis radiata
> Alasmidonta undulata
> Ligumia nasuta
> Elliptio complanata
>Only 2 of these are mentioned to have bluish nacre
> A. cataracta ( rounded shape up to 6.5 in )
> L. nasuta 9 ( more elongate up to 4.5 in )
>Regards
>Geoff
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