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Mr. <br />a ina <br />r0h Mussel Atlas <br />bttp.://www.newildll*fe.org/pgD7 Wildll*feSpeciesConipg7blal.15.bti <br />Spedes Ir�;rmatictnr and Status- <br />.................. <br />WILDLIFE SPEC! & CONSERVA770H <br />yellow lampmusse! bimpsilis can"osa (Say, 1817) <br />• Please Note.' Red text is rip-finind ire fho f-Wriec-tz <br />-Description <br />Say described this species in 1817 from the <br />Go to <br />Sthuylkill River in Pennsylvahia. The periostracum <br />A <br />is smooth, shiny, a usually yellow- with some <br />brownish freckling or patches on som6 surface <br />areas. Rays may be pr6sent - usually on the posterior slope but <br />rarely may extend'toward the 'nt6rior end, resulting in' over half the <br />(interior) shell being rayed. yed. - Fernales. are obovate or subovate resulting in a <br />rather short high shape. Males are elongate, and' ellip iceil. Shells may <br />reach 130 fnm.in length (Johnson 1970). The nacre is usually white to <br />blOish white. Britton and Fuller (1970 and Fidler and Bereza (197 4) <br />add that a distinguishing charadefikic-of fernale-yelloW lampmussels <br />is ihe.'development of the mantle, anterior to a.larger darkly <br />-pigmented "eyespot,11 into' strongly developed flap- of tissue on each <br />mantle lobe. Also, the ventral margin of the inarsupiurn i's darkly <br />pigmerited (Britton and Fuller 1979),, <br />Distribution kep- mmnl <br />(exterior) The• Mellow la'mpmussel is found from the lower y r Ottawa River, Canada <br />eastward to the Sydney River, Nova Scotia then south to the <br />Ogeechee River Urainbge Basin in deorgia (Johnson 1970). At one <br />time this species probably ranged throughout most of the Atlantic <br />Slope &aInages in North C6rofina; however, historical. records <br />provided by Johnson (1970) come from the Cooper- Santee, <br />Waccarnaw, Cape Fear, neuse, Pamlico, o, and Chowan -drainages.. it <br />appears,that this spedies has been recently extirpated from the Black <br />River in Sampson, Bladen, and Fender counties and from Ruin Creek <br />in Vance County. <br />Distribution by County: Pee-Dee River Basin: Montgomery Co. (Little <br />River Basin). Waccafmaw River Basin: Columbus Co. (Lake <br />Wadcamaw). 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). Neuse Rivef Basin: Person Co. (Flat River Subbasin), Durham <br />Co. (Flat and Little river subbasins), Grange Co. (Eno River <br />Subbasin), Johnsion 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 creek. subbasins and Tar <br />Rived, Edgecombe Co. (Fishing Cr. Subbasin and Tar River), H;Wifax <br />Co. `(L. Fishing and Fishing creek subbasins). NO Met Altheadwater. <br />areas that flow into these occupied habitats should receive special <br />management <br />Habitat Preferences <br />