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Table 4. Summary of A. wheeleri shell characters.
Maximum
H/L Range Mean H/L Length W/L Range Mean W/L
Location N (%) (%) (mm) (%) (%)
Red River Drainage
Kiamichi River 14 73.8-85.4 78.0 93.0 46.2-57.1 54.5

General Distribution:
Found only in the Ozarkian region of southeastern Arkansas (mostly extirpated)
and the Kiamichi and Little Rivers of Oklahoma and possibly some small tributaries of
the Red River in northeastern Texas.
Oklahoma Distribution:

Map 8. Distribution of A. wheeleri in Oklahoma.

Red River System
Kiamichi River:
Pushmataha County: 14.9 mi. NNE of Antlers on St. Hwy. 2; 16.3 mi. SW of
Clayton on St. Hwy. 2; 0.9 mi. S of Clayton on US Hwy. 271; At Eubanks
crossing on St. Hwy. 2; At Stanley.
Choctaw County: Spencerville Crossing, 8.5 mi. NE of Hugo.

Little River:
McCurtain County: 1.5 mi. N of Garvin, S6-T7S-R23E; At railroad crossing, 2
mi. W of Wright City.

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