- Source: Sagittunio subrostratus
Sagittunio subrostratus, commonly referred to as the pondmussel or black pondmussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species is found throughout the Mississippi River basin from Indiana and Michigan west to South Dakota, south to Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. It also occurs in the lower Cumberland River system of Tennessee and Kentucky.
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Lea I. (1834). Observations on the naïades; and descriptions of new species of that, and other families. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. (NS) 5: 23–119, pls 1–19
Conrad, T. A. (1849). Descriptions of new fresh water and marine shells. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (2) 1(4): 275–280, plates 37–39
Lea, I. (1859). Descriptions of seven new species of uniones from South Carolina, Florida, Alabama and Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 11: 154–155
Lea, I. (1868). Description of sixteen new species of the genus Unio of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 20: 143-145
Simpson, C. T. (1914). A descriptive catalogue of the naiades, or pearly fresh-water mussels. Part I Unionidae, Truncilla - Margaritana. Bryant Walker, Detroit, Michigan. Pp. 1–524
