Species: Gonidea angulata
Western Ridged Mussel
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Unionoida
Family
Unionidae
Genus
Gonidea
NatureServe
Classification
Other Global Common Names
Gonidée des Rocheuses - Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussel
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Mollusks - Freshwater Mussels
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mollusca - Bivalvia - Unionoida - Unionidae - Gonidea
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
a freshwater mussel
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Reproduction Comments
The glochidial host is not known.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G3
Global Status Last Reviewed
2007-11-06
Global Status Last Changed
1997-12-01
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
F - 20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles) - F - This species formerly ranged from Central California, north to British Columbia and east to southern Idaho and northern Nevada (Burch, 1975; Taylor, 1981). In Oregon it historically occurred in rivers of the Coastal Range, and the main stem and tributaries of the Columbia River, including tributaries to the Snake and Malheur Rivers and John Day River mainstem (Brim Box et al., 2004). It remains in portions of the Snake River system, namely the Okanogan River in Washington, and Clearwater River, Hells Canyon and middle Snake River in Idaho, but is extirpated from many former locations (Frest and Johannes, 1995). Is "probably extinct in most of the Central Valley and southern California" (Taylor, 1981). It is absent from the Olympic Mountains, Washington and points north but occurs sporadically in Willapa Hills (sw Washington) and northwest Oregon, and occurs more continuously from southwest Oregon south to southern California (COSEWIC, 2003). In Canada, it is found in Columbia River system in southern British Columbia and known only from the main water bodies from Penticton south to the border (COSEWIC, 2003; Metcalfe-Smith and Cudmore-Vokey, 2004). Hovingh (2004) found it in abundance in the Humboldt River drainage in Nevada. Despite early reports by Henderson (1924; 1929; 1936) for Utah and Montana, more recent surveys (Chamberlin and Jones, 1929; Jones, 1940; Oliver and Bosworth, 1999; Gangloff and Gustafson, 2000; Lippincott and Davis, 2000) of these states have failed to find any individuals, however Gangloff and Gustafson (2000) speculate that if it were in Montana, it might be in free-flowing stretches of the Clark Fork River and perhaps some pristine headwater streams such as Rock Creek. Reports for Colorado were recently found to be misinterpreted California localities (Cordeiro, 2007).
Global Range Code
F
Global Range Description
20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles)

