Specimen Information

Pyganodon grandis
Pyganodon grandis
(giant floater)
Mollusks-Bivalves
Native Transplant

Specimen ID1757700
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusPyganodon
Speciesgrandis
Common Namegiant floater
StateTX
CountyEl Paso
LocalityEl Paso, Cement Lakee, El Tora Cement Agency
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameRio Grande-Fort Quitman
HUC8 Number13040100
HUC10 NameBowman Lateral-Rio Grande
HUC10 Number1304010001
HUC12 NameAscarate Lake-Rio Grande
HUC12 Number130401000107
Map
Collection Day17
Collection Month3
Collection Year1969
Year AccuracyActual
Reference 1
Ref. Number:44851
Author:Johnson, R.I.
Date:1999
Title:Unionidae of the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo Del Norte) system of Texas and Mexico
Journal:Occasional Papers on Mollusks
Volume:6
Issue:77
Pages:1-67
Record TypeSpecimen
Museum Cat NumberUSNM 681635
VerifierGreenhall, P.R.
Number Collected8
Sizevalve fragments


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