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Table 32. Summary of Q. pustulosa shell characters.

Mean Max. Mean
H/L Range H/L Length W/LRange W/L
Location N (%) (%) (mm) (%) (%) Remarks
Arkansas River System
Chickaskia River 7 75.6-89.0 81.9 82 44.4-52.2 47.8 Generally large
and lack pustules
North Canadian River 2 88.7-90.2 89.5 62 - - Fossil/subfossil
Deep Fork River 1 80.3 - 66 - - Fossil/subfossil
Caney River 30 78.0-100.0 88.3 82 48.1-65.3 57.5
Verdigris River 42 83.7-100.0 91.3 92 49.4-71.4 61.2
Neosho River 14 83.8-98.2 89.9 78 54.7-68.4 62.7
Illinois River 5 82.2-92.6 87.3 90 55.6-59.0 57.3
Poteau River 7 83.8-91.8 89.2 72 47.1-61.2 56.8
Red River System
East Cache Creek 2 85.3-86.0 85.7 68 - - Fossil/subfossil
Washita River (Caddo Co.) 15 78.3-90.9 83.4 54 - - Fossil/subfossil
Washita River (Grady Co.) 35 76.0-91.7 83.6 58 - - fossil/subfossil
Washita River (Garvin 33 80.4-91.9 89.4 53 - - fossil/subfossil
Co.)
Hog Creek (Washita R. 2 79.4-82.9 81.2 35 - - fossil/subfossil
dr.)
Rush Creek (Washita R. 11 82.5-91.3 88.0 50 - - fossil/subfossil
dr.)
Wildhorse Creek (Washita 15 83.1-96.1 87.6 67 - - fossil/subfossil
R. dr.)
Caddo Creek (Washita 12 82.5-89.8 87.0 60 - - fossil/subfossil (1
R. dr.) specimen semi-
fresh)
Lake Texoma 1 86.4 - 22 54.5 -
Blue River 23 77.5-90.9 84.3 74 51.8-60.9 56.7
Muddy Boggy River 24 79.0-93.1 87.5 71 57.8-73.1 64.3
Gates Creek 5 75.4-85.7 81.4 63 47.5-55.4 52.1
Kiamichi River 85 77.3-97.9 89.0 78 45.6-69.1 58.9
(Pushmataha Co.)
Kiamichi River 4 85.5-94.4 88.5 62 56.4-61.1 58.7
(LeFlore Co.)
Glover River 6 84.1-91.9 88.4 63 54.0-61.8 57.8
Mountain Fork River 9 86.4-97.9 90.1 62 58.3-61.0 59.9
Little River 21 82.6-94.1 89.6 69 47.4-67.6 60.4

General Distribution:
Mississippi River and Great Lakes drainages.
Oklahoma Distribution:
Found throughout much of the eastern portion of the state.

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