Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Elktoe
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Freshwater
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Bivalvia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Bivalves
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
()
- Superorder:
Eulamellibranchia
()
- Order:
Unionida
()
- Superfamily:
Unionacea
()
- Family:
Unionidae
()
- Rafinesque, 1820
- Subfamily:
Anodontinae
()
- Genus:
Alasmidonta
()
- (Walker, 1901)
- Specific name:
marginata
- Say, 1818
- Subspecies:
marginata
- Scientific name: - Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818
- Subspecies:
marginata
- Specific name:
marginata
- Say, 1818
- Genus:
Alasmidonta
(
- Subfamily:
Anodontinae
(
- Family:
Unionidae
(
- Superfamily:
Unionacea
(
- Order:
Unionida
(
- Superorder:
Eulamellibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Alasmidonta
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. arcula (Altamaha Arc-Mussel) · A. atropurpurea (Cumberland Elktoe) · A. calceolus · A. fabula · A. heterodon (Dwarf Wedge Mussel) · A. marginata (Elktoe) · A. mccordi (Coosa Elktoe) · A. minor · A. raveneliana (Appalachian Elktoe) · A. robusta (Carolina Elktoe) · A. rugosa · A. suborbiculata · A. triangulata (Southern Elktoe) · A. undulata (Triangle Floater) · A. varicosa (Brook Floater) · A. viridis (Slippershell Mussel) · A. wrightiana (Ochlocknee Arc-Mussel)
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Further Reading
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- Agriculture of Maine: annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Maine. Augusta: [State of Maine, Dept. of Agriculture, 1903-1940.] ENG url p. 248.
- Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- ENG url p. 184, p. 297.
- Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. ENG url p. 168.
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. Bloomington, Ill.: The Laboratory, ENG url p. 75, p. 75.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 108, p. 148, p. 250, p. 266, p. 279, p. 280, p. 281, p. 343, p. 353, p. 354, p. 355, p. 92.
- Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Washington, The Commission, Govt. Print. Off. ENG url p. 113.
- Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Illinois biological monographs. Urbana, Univ. of Illinois Press. ENG url p. 124, p. 125.
- Johnson, R.I. & Baker, H.B., 1973, The Types of Unionacea in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Prec.Ac.Nat.Sc.Phila., vol125, n.9).
- Name that animal; a guide to the identification of the common land and fresh-water animals of the United States, with special reference to the area east of the Rockies. With drawings by Olive Driver. [Northampton? Mass., 1950] ENG url p. 150.
- Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge. Philadelphia: The Society ENG url p. 561, p. 595, p. 596, p. 597, p. 599, p. 600, p. 601, p. 602, p. 603, p. 604, p. 605, p. 606, p. 608, p. 609, p. 610, p. 611, p. 612, p. 613, p. 614, p. 615, p. 622.
- Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. ENG url p. 33.
- Special occasional publication / Department of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Cambridge, Mass., The Museum, 1973- ENG url p. 7.
- The Nautilus. [Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc.] ENG url p. 100, p. 101, p. 102, p. 104, p. 110, p. 110, p. 111, p. 112, p. 118, p. 122, p. 134, p. 138, p. 138, p. 14, p. 149, p. 150, p. 17, p. 206, p. 21, p. 23, p. 23, p. 29, p. 30, p. 40, p. 47, p. 51, p. 53, p. 59, p. 60, p. 60, p. 66, p. 67, p. 68, p. 82, p. 88, p. 94, p. 94, p. 98, p. 99, p. 99, p. 99.
- The Ohio journal of science. [Columbus, Ohio, The Ohio State University and the Ohio Academy of Science] ENG url p. 183.
- The complete writings of Constantine Smaltz Rafinesque: on recent & fossil conchology / Ed. by Wm. G. Binney and George W. Tryon, Jr.. New York: Bailliere Brothers; [etc., etc.], 1864. ENG url p. 60.
- The complete writings of Thomas Say, on the conchology of the United States / edited by W.G. Binney. New York: H. Baillière, 1858. ENG url p. 62.
- The transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis. St. Louis: The Academy, 1860-1958. ENG url p. 3.
- Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 526. ISBN: 1-888569-01-8.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Bogan, A.E. (Mollusc Specialist Group) 2000. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 17, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Mollusc Collection - Unionoida
- EMAN Provider: Unionids data from National Water Research Institute
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2692474
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-79918
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 79918
- IUCN ID: 779
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMBIV02040
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1697
