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ANSP 373713Unionidae
Unionidae  Elliptio complanata Lightfoot 1786  
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Dry Catalog # 373713 
Count   33  valves 
Catalog date 04  Apr  1989 
donor Herman, J. 
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provenance Herman, J. 
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specific locality Hickory Lake, Preston Twp. 
secondary division Wayne County 
primary division Pennsylvania 
country USA 
body of water Delaware River Drainage 
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Coordinates 41°50'06''N, 075°24'30''W 
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collector Cassels, J. & Thomas, R. 
date collected 20  Sep  1983         
collecting gear scuba/snorkel 
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Remarks

ANSP 373713

remarks See archives for draft report. K. Heck was principal investigator for this project. All specimens frozen and when returned to laboratory soft parts discarded. Some valves have had a strip of periostracum removed and the annuli marked. Lake elevation: 623 m; lake surface area: 23.1 hectares; basin area: 131.1 hectares; maximum lake depth: 8 m; constant lake outlet: no; lake stratification: yes. 8 valves embedded in epoxy resin. Thin sections were made using a diamond rock saw and polished on a lapidary wheel. 18 thin sections were prepared and housed in a plastic box. Orson topographic map. Corresponding valves of 3 measured valves sacrificed for chemical analysis. 

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ANSP 373713