Nongame and Rare Species Program: Freshwater Mussels of Texas

Publications and Reports

• Bordelon, V.L. and R.C. Harrel. 2004. Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) of the Village Creek drainage basin in southeast Texas. Texas Journal of Science 56:63-72.
• Burlakova, L.E., D. Campbell, A.Y. Karatayev, and D. Barclay. 2012. Distribution, genetic analysis and conservation priorities for rare Texas freshwater molluscs in the general Fusconaia and Pleurobema (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Aquatic Biosystems 8:12.
• Burlakova, L.E. and A.Y. Karatayev. 2010. Statewide assessment of unionid diversity in Texas. State Wildlife Grant Report to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
• Burlakova, L.E., A.Y. Karatayev, V.A. Karatayev, M.E. May, D.L. Bennett, and M.J. Cook. 2012. Endemic species: Contribution to community uniqueness, effect of habitat alteration, and conservation priorities. Biological Conservation 144: 155-165.
• Feaster, D.M. 1998. Lotic freshwater mussels (Family Unionidae) of the Angelina and Davy Crockett National Forests of east Texas. Texas Journal of Science 50:163-170.
• Ford, N.B., J. Gullett, and M.E. May. 2009. Diversity and abundance of Unionid mussels in three sanctuaries on the Sabine River in northeast Texas. Texas Journal of Science 61:279-294.
• Ford, N.B. and M.L. Nicholson. 2006. A survey of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) of the Old Sabine Wildlife Management Area, Smith County, Texas. Texas Journal of Science 58:243-254.
• Ford, N.B., L. Williams, and M. Williams. 2010. Surveys of rare freshwater unionids and fish in the upper reaches of the Sabine River to gather population information on threatened species. State Wildlife Grant Report to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
• Horne, F.R. and S. McIntosh. 1979. Factors influencing distribution of mussels in the Blanco River of central Texas. The Nautilus 94: 119-133.
• Howell, R.G. 1995. Distributional surveys of freshwater bivalves in Texas: progress report for 1993. Texas Parks and Wildife Department Management Data Series 119.
• Howells, R.G. 1996. Distributional surveys of freshwater bivalves in Texas: progress report for 1994. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Management Data Series 120.
• Howells, R.G. 1996. Distributional surveys of freshwater bivalves in Texas: progress report for 1995. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Management Data Series 125.
• Howells, R.G. 1997. Distributional surveys of freshwater bivalves in Texas: progress report for 1996. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Management Data Series 144.
• Howells, R.G. 1998. Distributional surveys of freshwater bivalves in Texas: progress report for 1997. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Management Data Series 147.
• Howells, R.G. 1999. Distributional surveys of freshwater bivalves in Texas: progress report for 1998. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Management Data Series 161.
• Howells, R.G. 2000. Distributional surveys of freshwater bivalves in Texas: progress report for 1999. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Management Data Series 170.
• Howells, R.G. 2001. Distributional surveys of freshwater bivalves in Texas: progress report for 2000. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Management Data Series 187.
• Howells, R.G. 2002. Distributional surveys of freshwater bivalves in Texas: progress report for 2001. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Management Data Series 200.
• Howells, R.G. 2003. Distributional surveys of freshwater bivalves in Texas: progress report for 2002. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Management Data Series 214.
• Howells, R.G. 2004. Distributional surveys of freshwater bivalves in Texas: progress report for 2003. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Management Data Series 222.
• Howells, R.G. 2005. Distributional surveys of freshwater bivalves in Texas: progress report for 2004. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Management Data Series 233.
• Howells, R.G. 2006. Statewide freshwater mussel survey. State Wildlife Grant Report to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
• Karatayev, A.Y. and L.E. Burlakova. 2007. East texas mussel survey. State Wildlife Grant Report to Texas Parks andWildlife Department.
• Karatayev, A.Y. and L.E. Burlakova. 2008. Distributional survey and habitat utilization of freshwater mussels. Interagency Final Report to the Texas Water Development Board.
Neck, R.W. 1986. Freshwater bivalves of Lake Tawakoni, Sabine River, Texas. Texas Journal of Science 38:241-249.
Perry, H., T. Jackson, and M. Scoggins. 2010. Inventory of Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae) in Austin, Texas. Report to Watershed Protectin, City of Austin.
Randklev, C.R., M.S. Johnson, E.T. Tsakiris, S. Rogers-Oetker, K.J. Roe, J.L. Harris, S. McMurray, C. Robertson, J. Groce, and N. Wilkins. 2011. First account of a living population of false spike (Quadrula mitchelli) (Bivalvia: Unionidae), in the Guadalupe River, Texas. Ellipsaria 13: 17-19.
Randklev, C.R., M.S. Johnson, E.T. Tsakiris, S. Rogers-Oetker, K.J. Roe, J.L. Harris, S. McMurray, C. Robertson, J. Groce, and N. Wilkins. 2012. False spike, Quadrula mitchelli (Bivalvia: Unionidae), is not extinct: first account of a live population in over 30 years. American Malacological Bulletin 30: 327-328.
Randklev, C.R., J.H. Kennedy, and B. Lundeen. 2009. Distributional survey and habitat utilization of freshwater mussels (Family Unionidae) in the Lower Brazos and Sabine River Basins. Interagency Final Report to the Texas Water Development Board.
Randklev, C.R., B.J. Lundeen, R.G. Howells, and J.H. Kennedy. 2010. First account of a living population of Texas fawnsfoot, Truncilla macrodon (Bivalvia: Unionidae), in the Brazos River, Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 55: 297-298.
Randklev, C.R., B.J. Lundeen, J. Skorupski, J.H. Kennedy, and S. Wolverton. 2011. Toledo Bend Relicensing Project: Lower Sabine River mussel study. Final Report to the Sabine River Authority.
Randklev, C.R., S. Wolverton, B. Lundeen, and J.H. Kennedy. A paleozoological perspective on unionid (Mollusca: Unionidae) zoogeography in the upper Trinity River basin, Texas. Ecological Applications 20:2359–2368.
Troia, M.J. and N.B. Ford. 2010. Notes on habitat and burrowing behavior of Obovaria jacksoniana (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the upper Neches River of east Texas. Texas Journal of Science 62: 195-204.