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Invert ate Characterization Abs~ct for Colorado <br />ANODONTOIDES FSRIISSACIANIIS <br />CYLINDRICAL PAPERSHELL <br />Taxonomy: <br />TAXCLASS: BIVALVIA ORDER: UNIONOIDA <br />FAMILY: UNIONIDAE GENUS: ANODONTOIDES <br />IDENTIFICATION COMMENTS: <br />Shell large (up to 114 mm in length), elongated-oval, narrow <br />to highly inflated (w/h 32-0.85), yellowish white to olive <br />or dark brown. Beak with 2-3 indistinct single-looped <br />sculpture; hinge without teeth. Interior nacreous, usually <br />white or bluish white, sometimes peach colored near the beak <br />cavity. () <br />Status: <br />Habitat• <br />GLOBAL RANK: GS <br />FED. LEGAL STATUS: <br />FED. AGENCY STATUS: <br />MINIMUM ELEV: <br />MAXIMUM ELEV: <br />STATE RANK: S2 <br />STATE LEGAL STATUS: <br />HABITAT COMMENTS: <br />Lakes, ponds, small creeks, large rivers, backwater areas, <br />all containing sand, mud, mixture of both, or gravel. (Wu <br />1978) <br />REPRODUCTIVE HABITAT COMMENTS: <br />GLOBAL REPRODUCTIVE HABITAT COMMENTS: <br />Known glochidial hosts are mottled sculpin and the sea <br />lamprey (Clarke 1981). <br />Distribution: <br />STATE RANGE: <br />Phenolo <br />COUNTY NAME: COUNTY STATUS REFERENCE: <br />Boulder Confirmed <br />Denver Confirmed <br />Morgan Confirmed <br />Sedgwick Confirmed <br />Weld Confirmed <br />South Platte River drainage only (Wu 1978). <br />JANA: APRA: JULA: OCTA: <br />JANB: APRB: JULB: OCTB: <br />FEBA: MAYA: AUGA: NOVA: <br />FEBB: MAYB: AUGB: NOVB: <br />