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Publication Layer et al. (2022): summary
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Complete Citation

Layer, M.R., R.L. Minton, T.J. Morris & D.T. Zanatta. 2022. Utility of shell-valve outlines for distinguishing among four lampsiine mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the Great Lakes region. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation 25(1): 37-53. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Lampsilis cardium (Rafinesque, 1820)

Lampsilis fasciola (Rafinesque, 1820)

Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes, 1823)

Ortmanniana ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819)

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