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In what phylum are sponges? |
Porifera |
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In what class are sponges? |
Demospongiae |
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most freshwater sponges in North America are in which family? |
Spongillidae |
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Name the phylum |
Rotifera |
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Name the phylum |
Cnidaria |
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Name the phylum |
Platyhelminthes |
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Name the class |
Turbellaria |
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Name the phylum |
Nematomorpha |
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Name the phylum |
mollusca |
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Name the class |
Gastropoda |
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What diagnostic features tell you the genus? |
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? |
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? |
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? |
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 |
1. Elimia 2. Pleurocera 3. Lithasia 4. Leptoxis 5. Io |
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Name 3 genuses in Planorbidae |
1. Micromenetus 2. Helisoma 3. Planorbella |
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Which family of Gastropods is easiest to sight ID and why? |
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? |
Ancylidae |
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Which Planorbids have convex spires? |
Planorbella |
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Which Planorbids have concave spires? |
Helisoma |
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Which Planorbid is basically microscopic? |
Micromenetus |
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Which 2 Planorbids might you confuse and how can you distinguish them? |
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 |
1. Basommatophora
2. Architaenioglossa 3. Neotaenioglossa |
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Which 4 families are in Basommatophora? |
1. Planorbidae 2. Ancyclidae 3. Physidae 4. Lymnaeidae |
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Which family is in order Architaenioglossa? |
Viviparidae |
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Which 4 families are in order Neotaenioglossa? |
1. Hydrobiidae 2. Pleuroceridae 3. Valvatidae 4. Pomatiopsidae |
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How can you tell Valvatidae apart from Planorbidae? |
Valvatidae has a ridge on the shell, Panorbidae doesn't |
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Quadrula quadrula |
depressed ridge with no sculpture; depressed bc shitty name |
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Quadrula pustulosa |
green coloration near umbo teardrops bc you cry when u have pimples |
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Quadrula nodulata |
with umbo facing upwards, bumps are like shelves. 2 distinct straight even rows |
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Quadrula metanerva |
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? |
Megalonaias nervosa has sculpture in umbo; Amblema plicata does not |
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Quadrula cylindrica |
green markings on some; indentation on wing |
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Tritogonia verrucosa |
wing points upward with no indentation |
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Quadrula cylindrica on left Tritogonia verrucosa on right |
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Cyprogenia stegaria |
very distinct even green rays, some sculpture |
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Cyclonaias tuberculata |
purple nacre |
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Obliquaria reflexa |
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? |
Valvatidae |
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Lampsilis fasciola |
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Ellipsaria lineolata |
lines with dots inside |
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Lasmigona complanata |
wing extending above umbo with waves; white nacre |
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Potamilus alatus |
wing no waves; pink nacre |
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Lasmigona costata |
flutes |
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Anodonta suborbiculata |
light thin fragile big |
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Lampsilis cardium |
enormous umbo cavity, majorly inflated |
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Actinonaias ligamentina (mucket) |
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Legumia recta |
v long and tapered |
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Villosa iris |
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this is a Cumberland endemic |
Villosa taeniata |
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In what order and family are Elimia? |
o: Neotaenioglossa f: Plueroceridae |
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family? |
Pomatiopsidea |
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If a snail shell is thin what is is likely to be? |
Lymnaidae |
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In what family and genus are zebra mussels? |
Dreissenidae Dreissena |
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In what family are Corbicula? |
Corbiculidae |
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What family might you think is Corbiculidae? |
Sphaeriidae |
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What family are ALL the other mussels we discussed in? (i.e. not Dreissenidae, Spaeriidae, Corbiculidae) |
Unionidae |
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family and genus |
Pleuroceridae Leptoxis |
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fam and genus |
Pleuroceridae Leptoxis |
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these are real tiny. name the family. |
Hydrobiidae |
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family and genus |
Pleurocera Lithasia |
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family and genus |
Pleuroceridae Pleurocera |
angled aperature |