Species description Lampsilis cardium No conservation status in Kansas, extirpated from the Kansas River basin
Formerly widespread in the Kansas River basin and scattered in western tributary basins, recently extirpated.*
Below is a female Plain Pocketbook.
* Comments on Kansas River species provided by Steve Cringan, based in part on observations in: Angelo, R.T., M.S.Cringan, E.Hays, C.A.Goodrich, E.J.Miller, M.A.VanScoyoc, B.R.Simmons. 2009. Historical Changes in the Occurrence and Distribution of Freshwater Mussels in Kansas, Great Plains Research 19(1):89-126.
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