Mussels of the Lake Erie Islands Michael A
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Mussels of the Lake Erie Islands Michael A. Hoggarth Department of Biology and Earth Science Otterbein University
Middle Bass Island Marina Species name Common name Utterbackia imbecillis paper pondshell Pyganodon grandis giant floater Amblema plicata threeridge Quadrula quadrula mapleleaf Quadrual pustulosa pimpleback Fusconaia flava Wabash pigtoe Leptodea fragilis fragile papershell Potamilus alatus pink heelsplitter Truncilla truncata deertoe Truncilla donaciformis fawnsfoot Obliquaria reflexa three-horned wartyback Toxolasma parvum lilliput Ligumia nasuta eastern pondmussel Lampsilis r. luteola fat mucket dead live relocated 43 3018 297 58 15 12 419 1 1 2 9 8 1 7 6 0 164 133 257 42 38 36 35 2 121 1 8 7 0 7 2 98 69 0 0
Lohmeyer’s Cove Manila Bay South Dock
East Point Preserve Yacht Club Marina State Park Marina Main Marina Open water between Rattlesnake and Green islands Burgundy Bay Lonz Yacht Basin
Terwilliger’s Pond Put-in-Bay Harbor South Bass Island State Park Gibraltar Island
State Park Beach & Dock West Bay Craft’s Dock Camp Patmos
Mussels of the Bass Islands • North Bass Island – P. grandis – A. plicata • Middle Bass Island – P. grandis – A. plicata – Q. quadrula • South Bass Island – L. fragilis • Gibraltar Island – none • Rattlesnake Island & open water – L. fragilis • Kelley’s Island – none
If you are interested in genetic isolation, Anguispira kochi, the banded globe from Green Island (shown here) lack bands. They have two bands on Kelley’s and one on Gibraltar.
