Lasmigona costata

(Rafinesque, 1820)

Flutedshell

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G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.118167
Element CodeIMBIV22030
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassBivalvia
OrderUnionoida
FamilyUnionidae
GenusLasmigona
Other Common Names
Fluted Shell (EN) Fluted-shell (EN) Fluted-shell Mussel (EN) Lasmigone cannelée (FR) Sand Mussel (EN)
Concept Reference
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, and J. D. Williams. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks. 2nd Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26, Bethesda, Maryland. 526 pp.
Taxonomic Comments
In an unpublished study of molecular systematics, Campbell and Harris (2006) found this species to be very different from some of the other species currently assigned to Lasmigona.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-05-10
Change Date1996-11-25
Edition Date2009-04-30
Edition AuthorsCordeiro, J.
Range Extent20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences> 300
Rank Reasons
This species is found throughout most of Mississippi River system, some of the southern and western tributaries of the Great Lakes, and some tributaries of Hudson Bay. It is considered stable throughout its range except parts of New York and in the western plains states.
Range Extent Comments
This species is found throughout most of Mississippi River system, some of the southern and western tributaries of the Great Lakes, and some tributaries of Hudson Bay (Burch, 1975; Parmalee and Bogan, 1998).
Occurrences Comments
In Minnesota, it is in the Red River of the North, Minnesota, and St. Croix drainages, and Mississippi River drainage below St. Anthony Falls; rare in the Rainy River drainage and SE streams (Sietman, 2003; Graf, 1997; Cvancara, 1970); also Lake of the Woods (Hove et al., 1997). In Illinois, it is sporadic in the northern half, in half the drainages it once occupied (Cummings and Mayer, 1997; Schanzle and Cummings, 1991) but healthy in Vermillion (Wabash drainage) and Kankakee systems (Schanzle et al., 2004); Fox and other upper Illinois basins with some decline (esp. in Wisconsin) (Sietman et al., 2001; Schanzle et al., 2004). Indiana distribution: Tippecanoe (Cummings and Berlocher, 1990), East Fork White (Harmon, 1992), Muscatatuck (Harmon, 1989), St. Joseph and Maumee (Pryor, 2005). It is widespread but sporadic in glaciated Ohio (Watters, 1992; 1995; Lyons et al., 2007; Grabarciewicz, 2008; Watters et al., 2009). In West Virginia, it occurs in the Mud (Guyandotte drainage) (Schmidt and Zeto, 1986) and Upper Kanawha (Morris and Taylor, 1992); and upper Clinch River, Virginia (Jones et al., 2001) incl. Copper Creek (Hanlon et al., 2009). It is in the Poteau (Vaughn and Spooner, 2004), lower Arkansas (Frog Bayou) (Gordon, 1985), Ouachita (Posey et al., 1996), and White (Gordon, 1982; Christian, 1995) River drainages, Arkansas. In Kansas, it is in the Neosho and Spring (Branson, 1966) River basins with relic shells in the Marais des Cygnes and Pottawatomie Creek (Marais des Cygnes River basin), and Fall, Elk, Big Caney, and South Fork of the Cottonwood River (Neosho River basin) (Couch, 1997). In Vermont, it is in Lake Champlain tributaries (Fichtel and Smith, 1995) in Lamoille, Winooski, Poultney Rivers, Otter and Lewis Creeks, and Missisquoi River (shells) (Kart et al., 2005). In Wisconsin, it is common and widespread except the SW section of the state (Mathiak, 1979). In Virginia, it was recently in the upper South Fork Holston (Stansbery and Clench, 1978), Powell and Clinch Rivers (Ahlstedt and Tuverville, 1997), and upper North Fork Holston River (Jones and Neves, 2007) where it is rare. In Tennessee, it is most common in east and middle Tennessee from unimpounded upper Powell and Clinch Rivers and other tributaries of the upper Tennessee system, S and W to the Elk, Duck, Stones, Big South Fork Cumberland, and Harpeth Rivers (Parmalee and Bogan, 1998). In Alabama, it is uncommon and limited to the Tennessee River system extant only in the Paint Rock and Elk Rivers and a short reach of Bear Creek in Colbert Co. (Ahlstedt, 1996; Mirarchi, 2004; Williams et al., 2008). It has been collected in Kentucky in the South Fork Kentucky (Evans, 2008), Middle Green (Gordon, 1991) and Barren Rivers (Cochran and Layzer, 1993), but is generally distributed in the Tennessee River eastward (Cicerello and Schuster, 2003) and Red River (Clark, 1988). Athearn (1992) lists a range extension into Georgia in South Chickamauga Creek in Catoosa Co. It occurs in the Lake Michigan and St. Clair drainage (Badra and Goforth, 2003), Michigan (Strayer, 1980; Trdan and Hoeh, 1993) and parts of the upper peninsula (Goodrich and Van der Schalie, 1939) and Kalamazoo River (Mulcrone and Mehlne, 2001). It is rare in Oklahoma in: Neosho, Little (Vaughn and Taylor, 1999), Glover, and Mountain Fork (Spooner and Vaughn, 2007) Rivers, and eastern tributaries of the Arkansas River (possibly historic) (Branson, 1983; Vaughn, 2000). In Canada, it is abundant in Ontario (particularly southern), the core of its Canada range, and less abundant with decline in Manitoba (Red and Winnipeg Rivers- Watson, 2000) and Quebec; likely extirpated from the St. Lawrence River (Metcalfe-Smith and Cudmore-Vokey, 2004). Clarke (1981) lists Canadian distribution as Hudson Bay drainage in the Red and Winnipeg River systems; Great Lakes-St. Lawrence system from southern Lake Huron and tributaries to the Ottawa River and Lake Champlain; and entire Ohio-Mississippi River system.
Threat Impact Comments
Recently, zebra mussels were found in areas previously occupied by this species on the Rideau River in eastern Ontario (Schueler and
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

This species occurs in canals, rivers, and lakes. It is found on gravel, sand, or mud bottoms (Clarke, 1981).

Reproduction

A known glochidial host is the carp (Clarke 1981). Infestation by glochidia confirmed (though transformation not tested) on Dorosoma cepedianum, Moxostoma carinatum (Weiss and Layzer, 1995). Lefevre and Curtis (1910; 1912) cited Cyprinus carpio (common carp) as a host. Watters et al. (1999) confirmed Etheostoma zonale (banded darter), Hypentelium nigricans (northern hogsucker), Lepomis gibbosus (pumpkinseed), Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass), Rhinichthys cataractae (longnose dace). Watters et al. (1998) also confirmed Hypentelium nigricans (northern hogsucker), Rhinichthys cataractae (longnose dace). New host fish confirmation from Watters et al. (2005): Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill), Senmotilus atromaculatus (creek chub), Carassius auratus (goldfish), Campostoma anomalum (central stoneroller).
Other Nations (2)
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
KansasS1Yes
MichiganSNRYes
West VirginiaS3Yes
IndianaS4Yes
North DakotaSNRYes
OklahomaS1Yes
VermontS2Yes
GeorgiaSHYes
WisconsinS3Yes
TennesseeS5Yes
New YorkS3Yes
OhioS4Yes
KentuckyS4Yes
MississippiS2Yes
PennsylvaniaS4Yes
MinnesotaS2Yes
IllinoisS2Yes
ArkansasS3Yes
IowaS2Yes
AlabamaS2Yes
VirginiaS4Yes
MissouriS4Yes
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
QuebecS3Yes
ManitobaS2Yes
OntarioS5Yes
SaskatchewanSNRYes
Roadless Areas (1)
Kentucky (1)
AreaForestAcres
WolfpenDaniel Boone National Forest2,835
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