Acknowledgments | |
Introduction | |
About This Guide | |
Anatomy- | |
Shell | |
Soft Tissues | |
Shell Muscles | |
Mantle | |
Foot | |
Other Soft Tissues | |
Biology- | |
Reproduction- | |
Sexuality | |
Maturity (Size and Age) | |
General Mode of Reproduction | |
Spawning, Egg Deposition, and Incubation | |
Spawning Season | |
Glochidia and Parasitism | |
Juveniles | |
Habitat- | |
Water Body Types | |
Bottom Types | |
Current | |
Water Depth | |
Water Chemistry and Clarity | |
Aquatic Vegetation | |
Associated Animals | |
Natural Transport and Relocation | |
Transport and Relocation by Man | |
Feeding and Food | |
Growth | |
Behavior- | |
Movement | |
Over-wintering and Drought Tolerance | |
Responses to Stimuli | |
Parasites, Diseases, Predators, Abnormalities | |
Ecology- | |
Abundance | |
Factors Affecting Reproduction | |
Factors Affecting Natality, Recruitment, and Mortality | |
Importance in the Ecosystem | |
Exploitation and Commercial Importance- | |
Prehistorical and Historical Harvest | |
Current Harvest in Texas | |
Collection Methods, Gear, and Regulations | |
Uses- | |
Shells | |
Pearls | |
Meat | |
Live Pearl-culture Mussels | |
Biogeography in Texas | |
Freshwater Mussels (Family: Unionidae)- | |
Threeridge (Amblema plicata) | |
Giant Floater (Anodonta grandis) | |
Paper Pondshell (Anodonta imbecillis) | |
Flat Floater (Anodonta suborbiculata) | |
Rock-Pocketbook (Arcidens confragosus) | |
Ouachtta Rock-Pocketbook (Arkansia wheeleri) | |
Tampico Pearlymussel (Cyrtonaias tampicoensis) | |
Spike (Elliptio dilatata) | |
Texas Pigtoe (Fusconaia askewi) | |
Wabash Pigtoe (Fusconaia flava) | |
Triangle Pigtoe (Fusconaia lananensis) | |
Round Pearlshell (Glebula rotundata) | |
Texas Fatmucket (Lampsilis bracteata) | |
Plain Pocketbook (Lampsilis cardium) | |
Louisiana Fatmucket (Lampsilis hydiana) | |
Sandbank Pocketbook (Lampsilis satura) | |
Yellow Sandshell (Lampsilis teres) | |
White Heelsplitter (Lasmigona complanata) | |
Fragile Papershell (Leptodea fragilis) | |
Pond Mussel (Ligumia subrostrata) | |
Washboard (Megalonaias nervosa) | |
Threehorn Wartyback (Obliquaria reflexa) | |
Southern Hickorynut (Obovaria jacksoniana) | |
Bankclimber (Plectomerus dombeyanus) | |
Louisiana Pigtoe (Pleurobema riddelli) | |
Texas Hornshell (Popenaias popei) | |
Texas Heelsplitter (Potamilus amphichaenus) | |
Pink Papershell (Potamilus ohiensis) | |
Bleufer (Potamilus purpuratus) | |
Salina Mucket (Potamilus salinasensis) | |
Southern Mapleleaf (Quadrula apiculata) | |
Golden Orb (Quadrula aurea) | |
Rio Grande Monkeyface (Quadrula couchiana) | |
Smooth Pimpleback (Quadrula houstonensis) | |
Western Pimpleback (Quadrula mortoni) | |
Wartyback (Quadrula nodulata) | |
Texas Pimpleback (Quadrula petrina) | |
Pimpleback (Quadrula pustulosa) | |
Mapleleaf (Quadrula quadrula) | |
False Spike (Quincuncina mitchelli) | |
Squawfoot (Strophitus undulatus) | |
Lilliput (Toxolasma parvus) | |
Texas Lilliput (Toxolasma texasensis) | |
Pistolgrip (Tritogonia verrucosa) | |
Mexican Fawnsfoot (Truncilla cognata) | |
Fawnsfoot (Truncilla donaciformis) | |
Texas Fawnsfoot (Truncilla macrodon) | |
Deertoe (Truncilla truncata) | |
Tapered Pondhorn (Uniomerus declivis) | |
Pondhorn (Uniomerus tetralasmus) | |
Little Spectaclecase (Villosa lienosa) | |
Other Bivalve Mollusk Families Found in Fresh Waters- | |
Family: Corbiculidae- | |
Asian Clam (Corbicula sp(p).) | |
Carolina Marshclam (Polymesoda caroliniana) | |
Family: Mactridae- | |
Atlantic Rangia (Dreissena polymorpha) | |
Family: Dreissenidae- | |
Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) | |
Dark Falsemussel (Mytilopsis leucophaeata) | |
Family: Sphaeriidae- | |
Fingernail Clams | |
Glossary | |
References | |
Index | |
Gulf Mapleleaf (Quadrula nobilis) | |
Color Plates | |
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