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APPENDIX A

The following lists of species from major rivers in Oklahoma are based upon
records for which there are voucher specimens found in various collections.
Misidentifications and nomenclatural confusions occur in most of the literature records
and are therefore not accepted as valid records in most cases. However, in some cases,
literature records are included as additions to the table or as footnotes. These lists are not
considered exhaustive and provide a base from which future additions can be made and
voucher specimens deposited in an institutional collection. Species are listed in
alphabetical order as they are in the text. Also, if a species is represented only by relict,
subfossil or badly weathered shells, those are so indicated with an asterisk (*).

Arkansas River
The Arkansas River is one of the two main stem rivers of the Mississippi River
system that occur within the borders of Oklahoma. It enters the state from the north from
Kansas in Kay County and meanders south and eastward to exit the state at about the
midpoint of the border with Arkansas. It then continues through Arkansas to join the
Mississippi somewhat south of Memphis.

Current List
Lasmigona complanata
Leptodea fragilis
Potamilus ohiensis
Pyganodon grandis
Quadrula quadrula
Corbicula fluminea
Dreissena polymorpha

Note: Isely (1925) listed Leptodea fragilis, Potamilus ohiensis, Potamilus
purpuratus, Quadrula pustulosa and Truncilla donaciformis. All of the species in the
above lists are relatively mobile species and seem to tolerate shifting substrates rather
well. Those species that seem to require relatively stable substrates seem to be absent,
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both before and after much alteration of the river occurred in the 20 century.

Chickaskia River
The Chickaskia River starts in the northeastern part of Grant County and passes
through Kay County to join the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River before it in turn joins the
main stem of the Arkansas River. Isely (1925) did an extensive survey of the Chickaskia
River in the years 1908 through 1912.

Current List Isely (1925)
Amblema plicata Amblema plicata
Fusconaia flava Fusconaia flava
Lampsilis teres
Lasmigona complanata

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