Table 19. Numbers and relative abundance of living naiades found in the Meramec River (USGS Code #07140102) and some of its major tributaries. (Buchanan 1980)
| Species |
Meramec River |
Huzzah Ck. |
Courtois Ck. |
Dry Fork |
| No. |
% |
No. |
% |
No. |
% |
No. |
% |
| Cumberlandia monodonta (Spectacle case) |
456 |
4.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Anodonta imbecillis (Paper pond shell) |
5 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
1.1 |
| Anodonta g. grandis (Floater) |
156 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
28 |
10.6 |
| Anodonta grandis corpulenta (Stout floater) |
35 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Anodontoides ferussacianus (Cylindrical paper-shell) |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Strophitus u. undulatus (Squaw foot) |
88 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
8 |
3 |
| Alasmidonta marginata (Elk-toe) |
28 |
0 |
|
|
16 |
6.8 |
|
|
| Alasmidonta viridis (Slipper-shell) |
21 |
0 |
|
|
9 |
3.8 |
|
|
| Arcidens confragosus (Rock pocketbook) |
11 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Simpsonaias ambigua (Salamander mussel) |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lasmigona complanata (White heel-splitter) |
16 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
12 |
4.5 |
| Lasmigona costata (Fluted shell) |
40 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
0.8 |
| Megalonaias nervosa (Washboard) |
585 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Tritogonia verrucosa (Buckhorn) |
9 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Quadrula quadrula (Maple-leaf) |
80 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Quadrula metanevra (Monkey-face) |
33 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Quadrula pustulosa (Pimple-back) |
545 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Amblema p. plicata (Three-ridge) |
2094 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
25 |
9.4 |
| Fusconaia ebena (Ebony shell) |
4 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fusconaia flava (Pig toe) |
216 |
0 |
|
|
3 |
1.3 |
|
|
| Cyconaias tuberculata (Purple warty-back) |
78 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Plethobasus cyphyus (Bullhead) |
39 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Pleurobema coccineum (Round pig-toe) |
225 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Elliptio c. crassidens (Elephant's ear) |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Elliptio dilatata (Lady-finger) |
513 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Obliquaria reflexa (Three-horned warty-back) |
33 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Actinonaias ligamentina carinata (Mucket) |
2441 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Venustaconcha e. ellipsiformis (Ellipse) |
92 |
0 |
1 |
1.3 |
26 |
11 |
5 |
1.9 |
| Plagiola lineolata (Butterfly) |
82 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Truncilla truncata (Deer-toe) |
64 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Truncilla donaciformis (Fawn's foot) |
9 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Leptodea leptodon (Scale shell) |
9 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Leptodea fragilis (Fragile paper-shell) |
37 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
2.3 |
| Potamilus alatus (Pink heel-splitter) |
304 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
7 |
2.6 |
| Potamilus ohiensis (Fragile heel-splitter) |
18 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Toxolasma parvus (Lilliput mussel) |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
4 |
1.5 |
| Ligumia recta (Black sand-shell) |
126 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ligumia subrostrata (Pond mussel) |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
1.1 |
| Lampsilis t. teres (Slough sand-shell) |
60 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lampsilis teres anodontoides (Yellow sand-shell) |
2 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lampsilis radiata luteola (Fat mucket) |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
92 |
34.7 |
| Lampsilis orbiculata (Pink mucket pearly mussel) |
19 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lampsilis ventricosa (Pocketbook) |
176 |
0 |
1 |
1.3 |
1 |
0.4 |
70 |
26.4 |
| Lampsilis reeviana brittsi (Britt's shell) |
720 |
0 |
73 |
96.1 |
182 |
76.9 |
|
|
| Epioblasma triquetra (Snuffbox) |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
9,470 |
|
75 |
|
237 |
|
265 |
|