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In what phylum are sponges?

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Porifera

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In what class are sponges?

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Demospongiae

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most freshwater sponges in North America are in which family?

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Spongillidae

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Name the phylum

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Rotifera

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Name the phylum

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Cnidaria

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Name the phylum

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Platyhelminthes

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Name the class

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Turbellaria

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Name the phylum

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Nematomorpha

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Name the phylum

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mollusca

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Name the class

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Gastropoda

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What diagnostic features tell you the genus?

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primary body whorl rounded, shell has medium thickness

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order = Architaenioglossa

family = Viviparidae

genus = Viviparus

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how do you know what this is?

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ord: Arcitaenioglossa

fam: Viviparidae

genus: Viviparus

primary shell whorl is rounded and if I could touch it I would feel it as thicker than Bellamya

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Which 2 Viviparid snails might you confuse and why?

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Bellamya and Viviparus because they both have rounded primary whorls.

Bellamya has thinner shell though.

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How can you tell a Lioplax apart from other snails in the Viviparidae family?

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Their whorls are "squared"

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o: Architaenioglossa

f: Viviparidae

g: Lioplax

(see squared whorls)

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Name the 5 genuses in Pleuroceridae

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1. Elimia

2. Pleurocera

3. Lithasia

4. Leptoxis

5. Io

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Name 3 genuses in Planorbidae

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1. Micromenetus

2. Helisoma

3. Planorbella

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Which family of Gastropods is easiest to sight ID and why?

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Physidae because their shell opening is left handed; it's the only one.

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Which family of Gastropods has a flat shell?

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Ancylidae

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Which Planorbids have convex spires?

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Planorbella

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Which Planorbids have concave spires?

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Helisoma

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Which Planorbid is basically microscopic?

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Micromenetus

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Which 2 Planorbids might you confuse and how can you distinguish them?

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Helisoma and Planorbella;

Helisoma has a concave spire;

Planorbella has a convex spire.

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o: Neotaenioglossa

f: Pleuroceridae

g: Elimia

(see ribs on whorls)

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Name the 3 orders of Gastropoda

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1. Basommatophora

2. Architaenioglossa

3. Neotaenioglossa

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Which 4 families are in Basommatophora?

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1. Planorbidae

2. Ancyclidae

3. Physidae

4. Lymnaeidae

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Which family is in order Architaenioglossa?

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Viviparidae

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Which 4 families are in order Neotaenioglossa?

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1. Hydrobiidae

2. Pleuroceridae

3. Valvatidae

4. Pomatiopsidae

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How can you tell Valvatidae apart from Planorbidae?

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Valvatidae has a ridge on the shell, Panorbidae doesn't

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Quadrula quadrula

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depressed ridge with no sculpture; depressed bc shitty name

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Quadrula pustulosa

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green coloration near umbo

teardrops bc you cry when u have pimples

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Quadrula nodulata

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with umbo facing upwards, bumps are like shelves. 2 distinct straight even rows

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Quadrula metanerva

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bumps and distinct flare that lines up with a raised ridge

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top: Amblema plicata

bottom: Megalonaias nervosa

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How can you distinguisn Amblema plicata from Megalonaias nervosa?

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Megalonaias nervosa has sculpture in umbo; Amblema plicata does not

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Quadrula cylindrica

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green markings on some; indentation on wing

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Tritogonia verrucosa

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wing points upward with no indentation

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Quadrula cylindrica on left

Tritogonia verrucosa on right

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Cyprogenia stegaria

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very distinct even green rays, some sculpture

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Cyclonaias tuberculata

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purple nacre

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Obliquaria reflexa

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very shelf-like bumps, only 3 bumps on entire shell

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Which family looks like Planorbidae but has a ridge on the shell?

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Valvatidae

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Lampsilis fasciola

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Ellipsaria lineolata

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lines with dots inside

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Lasmigona complanata

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wing extending above umbo with waves; white nacre

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Potamilus alatus

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wing no waves; pink nacre

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Lasmigona costata

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flutes

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Anodonta suborbiculata

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light thin fragile big

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Lampsilis cardium

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enormous umbo cavity, majorly inflated

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Actinonaias ligamentina (mucket)

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Legumia recta

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v long and tapered

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Villosa iris

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this is a Cumberland endemic

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Villosa taeniata

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In what order and family are Elimia?

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o: Neotaenioglossa

f: Plueroceridae

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family?

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Pomatiopsidea

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If a snail shell is thin what is is likely to be?

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Lymnaidae

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In what family and genus are zebra mussels?

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Dreissenidae

Dreissena

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In what family are Corbicula?

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Corbiculidae

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What family might you think is Corbiculidae?

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Sphaeriidae

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What family are ALL the other mussels we discussed in? (i.e. not Dreissenidae, Spaeriidae, Corbiculidae)

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Unionidae

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family and genus

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Pleuroceridae

Leptoxis

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fam and genus

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Pleuroceridae

Leptoxis

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these are real tiny. name the family.

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Hydrobiidae

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family and genus

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Pleurocera

Lithasia

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family and genus

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Pleuroceridae

Pleurocera

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angled aperature