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v <br />Nord Carolim Mussel Atlas <br />http-: //ww .now'lldli `e.o r pg07—Wildl i fe pecies o pg'7b l al..btm <br />apeaes,t nrormation and Stat us- <br />W€LDUFE SPECIES X tQ99SERUn0K., <br />r brook floater Alasmidonta vanco (Lamarck, 181 9) <br />�: Red text is defined in the Glossary <br />(interigr <br />�eerior� <br />Lamarck desdribod the brook floater In 1819 from GD <br />the SchuyWfl liver- In PennsyNaniat This species h ll <br />has ;� fairly small, thin, rhomboidal bap�d shell lily <br />that rarely exceeds 70 MM in length, 4D` mm in <br />.height }' and 30 mm in width. The consplcuoos posterior slope is broad <br />apd flat to slightly conoavie* with numerous short, lover corru *ions <br />radfafinag toward the posterior margin at right angles to the growth <br />Iffies. The periostracum is yelipwish or brows ish with numerous dark <br />green or black ray's. The nacre is glossy, bluish white rid grad &s into <br />a pale .orange in the' ubo areal The hinge teeth are poorly <br />deifeioped. Each valve has one small thin, triangular pseudocardinal <br />teeth and lateral teeth are looping 'or vestigial. TKis species has a <br />bright Grange foot. <br />r <br />Distribution f see Ma <br />The bro6k-floater- is found in Atlantic Slope rd er basins from the <br />Savannah NV4t Basin in .youth Carolina north to the t- Lawrenoe <br />River Basin in Canada. It has.also been found in the Greenbrier River <br />(Ohio iv r Basin) iDf west Virginia. It is considered 'Wore commoh in <br />the northern part of its range. Distribution by County, CataWba Kiver <br />Basle,, Burke Co. (Linville River, warrior Fork, and Johns River <br />1 <br />su6basins); Pee Dee fiver- Basin: Burry Co. (l itch ll -River <br />ubbasin), Randolph o. (Caraway Gay Cr. and Little Rive subbasi s), <br />Montgomery Co.. (Little fiver arid' Barnes Cr, ubbasins )o Cape Fear <br />River Basin.. Moore. Co. (Deep fiver), Chatham CO. (Rooky diver <br />ubbasi� ); Meuse lfiver Basi'm Orange Co: (Eno liver+ ubbash) <br />NOTEY Z T e' adwa +r+ areas that b w into these occupied habitats <br />should �eoefve 'special manage merit. <br />Habitat Pr &ference <br />This species inhabits medium size strews and rivers. It prefers <br />clean, swift Waters with stable gravel, or sand and gravel substrates. <br />HoWever0 individuals found near'the mouth 6f the Linville River In North <br />Carolina were observed in sander /silty substrate in cracks between <br />boulders along a steep. bark, in 1 to 3 fleet of water and relatively <br />510 c Trent. <br />Ufe History <br />The brook eatar is a bradytictic breeder, Gravid females have been <br />found from August through play. Identified fish, hosts include <br />blacknose dace, golden shiner; lon nose deoe, margined adtom, <br />pumpkinseed, slimy soulpirr and yellow parch (Shultz and l arbain <br />1998) <br />