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ANSP 373717Unionidae
Unionidae  Elliptio complanata Lightfoot 1786  
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Dry Catalog # 373717 
Count   32  valves 
Catalog date 04  Apr  1989 
donor Herman, J. 
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provenance Herman, J. 
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specific locality Lake Lacawac 
secondary division Wayne County 
primary division Pennsylvania 
country USA 
body of water Delaware River Drainage 
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Coordinates 41°23'18''N, 075°17'18''W 
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station 65 
collector Cassels, J. & Thomas, R. 
date collected 24  Aug  1983         
collecting gear scuba/snorkel 
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Remarks

ANSP 373717

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: 439 m; lake surface area: 20 hectares; basin area: 40 hectares; maximum depth: 12 m; constant outlet: no; lake stratification: yes. 4 valves measured, corresponding valves sacrificed for metal analysis. 7 valves imbedded in epoxy resin for thin sections cut on diamond rock saw. thin sections polished on lapidary wheel. 17 thin sections are mounted on slides. Lakeville topographic map. 

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ANSP 373717