Identification of a fish host of the inflated heelsplitter Potamilus inflatus (Bivalvia: Unionidae) with a description of its glochidium

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-54

  Roe, Kevin J ^a   Simons, Andrew M ^a   Hartfield, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APLODINOTUS GRUNNIENS; BATHYLACO NIGRICANS; BIVALVIA; PISCES; POTAMILUS INFLATUS; POTAMILUS PURPURATUS; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 0030751850     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426653     Document Type: Article

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