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.... . <br />. , <br />.solinaMussel Atlas <br />htip:/lwww.ncwildlli'e.or~pg07_WildlifeSpeciesConlpg7b 1 al~lS,br, <br /> <br />'~~~e s~~ ~ ~~~uA~ <br /> <br />~_ <br />(inferior) <br />Please Note: Red text is detlned in the G/ossarv <br />Description <br />Say described this species in 1817 from the ~D <br />Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania. The periostracum ~~~ <br />is srriaoth,~shiny, and usually yellow wifh same - <br />brawnishfreckling or patches on same surface <br />areas. Rays may be present -usually on the posterior slope but <br />rarely may extend toward the anterior end, resulting in over half the <br />shell being rayed. Females are obovate or subovate resulting in a <br />rather short high shape. Males are elongate and elliptical. Shells may <br />reach 130 mm in length (Johnson 1970). The nacre is usually white to <br />bluish white. Britton and Fuller (1979) and Fuller and Bereza {1974) <br />add that a distinguishing characteristic of female.yellow lampmussels <br />is the- development of the mantle, anterior to a .larger darkly <br />•pigmented "eyespot," into a strongly developed fiap•of tissue on each <br />mantle tabs. Also, the ventral margin of the marsupium is darkly <br />pigmented (Britton and Fuller 1979). -. <br />Distribution see a~ <br />The~ye8aw lampmussel is found from the lower Ottawa River, Canada <br />eastward to the Sydney River, Nova Scotia then south to the <br />Ogeechee River Drainage Basin in Georgia {Johnson 1970). At one <br />time this species probably ranged throughout most of the Atlantic <br />Slope drainages in North Garalina; however, historical.records <br />provided by Johnson {1970) come from the Cooper-Santee, <br />Waccamaw, Cape Fear, neuse, Pamlico, and Chowan drainages: tt <br />appears'that this species has been recently extirpated from the Black <br />River in Sampson, Bladen, and Pender counties and from Ruin Creek <br />n.Vance Courtly. • <br />,„r~-. <br />yellow tarnpinussei-~L:am. psilis carrosa (Say, ~I$17) <br />Distribution by. County: Pee-pee River Basin: Montgomery Co. (Little <br />River Basin). Waccamaw River. Basin: Columbus Co. (Lake <br />Waccamaw). Cape'Fear River Basin: Randolph Co. (Deep River); <br />Moore (Deep River); Chatham (Deep River}; Lee Co: (Deep River); <br />Harnett Co. (Cape Fear River); Cumberland counties (Cape Fear <br />River). Neese River Basin: Peron Ca. (Flat River Subbasin), Durham <br />Co. (Flat and Little river subbasins), Orange Co. (Eno River <br />Subbasin}, Johnston Co: (Little River Subbasin). Tar River Basin: <br />Granville Co. (Tar River Subbasin), Franklin Co. (Sandy Cr. Subbasin <br />and Tar River}, Nash Co. (Swift and Fishing creeksubbasins and Tar <br />River}, Edgecombe Co. {Fishing Cr. Subbasiri and Tar River), Natifax <br />Co. (L. Fishing and Fishing creek subbasins). NOTE.•~Alf headwater <br />areas That flow into these occupied haBitats should receive special <br />managemenf. <br />I-iabitat Preferences <br />C <br />C <br />. (exterior) <br />