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Common Name: elktoe
Taxonomy: available through 
Size: reaches 90 mm long
Native Range:
Ohio, Tennessee, Cumberland, Susquehanna, and St. Lawrence drainages; Lake Huron.
Nonindigenous Occurrences: Hudson River.
Means of Introduction:
Probably a natural migration via the
Status:
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: Prefers small, shallow rivers and mid-sized streams with fast current
and gravel and sand bottom. Breeds from June to July; host fishes
for glochidia (larvae) can be white sucker, northern hog sucker,
shorthead redhorse, rock bass, and warmouth.
References
Author: Amy Benson
Revision Date: 4/21/2004 Citation for this information:
Amy Benson. 2009. Alasmidonta marginata. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=2235> Revision Date: 4/21/2004
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