158 Ralph W. Taylor and Beverly D. Spurlock 



(Lamarck, 1819) are presently considered rare (Stansbery 1971). Alas- 

 midonta marginata Say, 1818, normally is not found in the western half 

 of West Virginia. The more commonly found species in Middle Island 

 Creek include Lampsilis radiata luteola (Lamarck, 1819), Lampsilis ven- 

 tricosa (Barnes, 1823), Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820), and Trito- 

 gonia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820). 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.— We thank David H. Stansbery for con- 

 firming identification of some of our specimens. An anonymous reviewer 

 also provided helpful comments on the manuscript. 



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Accepted 15 April 1982 



