The Division of Molluscs website has two new sections:

1) How to determine the hosts for a freshwater mussel. Freshwater mussels
have obligate parasitic larvae that may be rather host specific. How do you
determine which fish are good hosts? A visual walkthrough of how it's done
at the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium Freshwater Mussel Research Facilty. Includes
videos - high speed connection recommended!

2) Virtual Villosa. After the grief I received after releasing Electric
Elliptio Land (no one got the Hendrix connection), I swore I'd never do it
again. Like any good politician, I lied. Here is Virtual Villosa - a look
at this North American freshwater mussel genus with photos and maps.

Link to the sites through the Division URL in the address below.



G. Thomas Watters, PhD
Curator of Molluscs
Museum of Biological Diversity
Department of Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology
The Ohio State University
1315 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43212 USA
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v: 614-292-6170
f: 614-292-7774

Visit the Mollusc Division at:
http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~molluscs/OSUM2

"Let me take you, baby, down to the riverbed,
  Gotta tell you something go right to your head" - Spirit

So join the Freshwater Mollusc Conservation Society at:
http://ellipse.inhs.uiuc.edu/FMCS/index.html

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