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Freshwater Molluscs

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Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments

Part of the book series: Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research ((DPER,volume 4))

Abstract

Fossil freshwater molluscs shells are among the most commonly encountered macroscopic animal remains recovered from Quaternary lacustrine sediments. They are particularly abundant in calcareous sediments which reflect deposition in non-acidic waters. The North American freshwater molluscan fauna includes at least 227 species of “freshwater mussels” (Unionacea) (Fig. 1), 33 native species of “fingernail clams” (Pisidiidae) (Fig. 2) and about 500 species of gastropods (Fig. 3) (Burch, 1975a,b; 1989).

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    Michael J. S. Tevesz

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Miller, B.B., Tevesz, M.J.S. (2001). Freshwater Molluscs. In: Smol, J.P., Birks, H.J.B., Last, W.M. (eds) Tracking Environmental Change Using Lake Sediments. Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47671-1_8

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