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Family: Unionidae



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290 species (see list below)
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Actinonaias ligamentina
[Mucket]
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Actinonaias pectorosa
[Pheasantshell]
No picture found
 
Alasmidonta arcula
[Altamaha arcmussel]
No picture found
 
Alasmidonta atropurpurea
[Cumberland elktoe]
No picture found
 
Alasmidonta heterodon
[Dwarf wedgemussel]
No picture found
 
Alasmidonta marginata
[Elktoe]
No picture found
 
Alasmidonta mccordi
[Coosa elktoe]
No picture found
 
Alasmidonta raveneliana
[Appalachian elktoe]
No picture found
 
Alasmidonta robusta
[Carolina elktoe]
No picture found
 
Alasmidonta triangulata
[Southern elktoe]
No picture found
 
Alasmidonta undulata
[Triangle floater]
No picture found
 
Alasmidonta varicosa
[Brook floater]
No picture found
 
Alasmidonta viridis
[Slippershell mussel]
No picture found
 
Alasmidonta wrightiana
[Ochlockonee arcmussel]
No picture found
 
Amblema elliottii
[Coosa fiveridge]
No picture found
 
Amblema neislerii
[Fat threeridge]
No picture found
 
Amblema plicata
[Threeridge]
No picture found

Max. Length 15.0 cm SHL
 
Anodonta anatina
[Duck mussel]
No picture found
 
Anodonta beringiana
[Yukon floater]
No picture found
 
Anodonta californiensis
[California floater]
No picture found
 
Anodonta couperiana
[Barrel floater]
No picture found
 
Anodonta cygnea
[]
No picture found
 
Anodonta dejecta
[Woebegone floater]
No picture found
 
Anodonta grandis
[]
No picture found
 
Anodonta heardi
[Apalachicola floater]
No picture found
 
Anodonta implicata
[Alewife floater]
No picture found
 
Anodonta kennerlyi
[Western floater]
No picture found
 
Anodonta nuttalliana
[]
No picture found
 
Anodonta oregonensis
[Oregon floater]
No picture found
 
Anodonta suborbiculata
[Flat floater]
No picture found
 
Anodontoides ferussacianus
[Cylindrical papershell]
No picture found
 
Anodontoides radiatus
[Rayed creekshell]
No picture found
 
Arcidens confragosus
[Rock pocketbook]
No picture found
 
Arkansia wheeleri
[Ouachita rock pocketbook]
No picture found
 
Coelatura essoensis
[]
No picture found
 
Cyclonaias tuberculata
[Purple wartyback]
No picture found
 
Cyprogenia aberti
[Western fanshell]
No picture found
 
Cyprogenia stegaria
[Fanshell]
No picture found
 
Cyrtonaias tampicoensis
[Tampico pearlymussel]
No picture found
 
Disconaias salinasensis
[Salina mucket]
No picture found
 
Dromus dromas
[Dromedary pearlymussel]
No picture found
 
Ellipsaria lineolata
[Butterfly]
No picture found
 
Elliptio ahenea
[Southern lance]
No picture found
 
Elliptio angustata
[Carolina lance]
No picture found
 
Elliptio arca
[Alabama spike]
No picture found
 
Elliptio arctata
[Delicate spike]
No picture found
 
Elliptio buckleyi
[Florida shiny spike]
No picture found
 
Elliptio chipolaensis
[Chipola slabshell]
No picture found
 
Elliptio cistellaeformis
[]
No picture found
 
Elliptio complanata
[Eastern Elliptio]
No picture found
 
Elliptio congaraea
[Carolina slabshell]
No picture found
 
Elliptio crassidens
[Elephantear]
No picture found
 
Elliptio dariensis
[Georgia elephantear]

Coltro, Marcus

North America.

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Elliptio dilatata
[Spike]
No picture found
 
Elliptio downiei
[Satilla elephantear]
No picture found
 
Elliptio errans
[Oval Elliptio]
No picture found
 
Elliptio fisheriana
[Northern lance]
No picture found
 
Elliptio folliculata
[Pod lance]
No picture found
 
Elliptio fraterna
[Brother spike]
No picture found
 
Elliptio hepatica
[Brown elliptio]
No picture found
 
Elliptio hopetonensis
[Altamaha slabshell]
No picture found
 
Elliptio icterina
[Variable spike]
No picture found
 
Elliptio jayensis
[Flat spike]
No picture found
 
Elliptio judithae
[Plicate spike]
No picture found
 
Elliptio lanceolata
[Yellow lance]
No picture found
 
Elliptio lugubris
[Sad Elliptio]
No picture found
 
Elliptio marsupiobesa
[Cape fear spike]
No picture found
 
Elliptio mcmichaeli
[Fluted elephantear]
No picture found
 
Elliptio monichaeli
[]
No picture found
 
Elliptio monroensis
[St. Johns elephantear]
No picture found
 
Elliptio nigella
[Winged spike]
No picture found
 
Elliptio producta
[Atlantic spike]
No picture found
 
Elliptio raveneli
[Carolina spike]
No picture found
 
Elliptio roanokensis
[Roanoke slabshell]
No picture found
 
Elliptio shepardiana
[Altamaha lance]
No picture found
 
Elliptio spinosa
[Altamaha spinymussel]
No picture found
 
Elliptio steinstansana
[Tar River spinymussel]
No picture found
 
Elliptio waccamawensis
[Waccamaw spike]
No picture found
 
Elliptio waltoni
[Florida lance]
No picture found
 
Elliptoideus sloatianus
[Purple bankclimber]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma arcaeformis
[Sugarspoon]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma biemarginata
[Angled riffleshell]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma brevidens
[Cumberlandian combshell]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma capsaeformis
[Oyster mussel]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma flexuosa
[Leafshell]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma florentina
[Yellow blossom]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma haysiana
[Acornshell]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma lenior
[Narrow catspaw]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma lewisii
[Forkshell]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma metastriata
[Upland combshell]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma obliquata
[Purple cat's paw pearly mussel]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma othcaloogensis
[Southern acornshell]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma penita
[Southern combshell]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma personata
[Round combshell]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma propinqua
[Tennessee riffleshell]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma sampsonii
[Wabash riffleshell]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma stewardsonii
[Cumberland leafshell]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma torulosa
[Tubercled blossom]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma triquetra
[Snuffbox]
No picture found
 
Epioblasma turgidula
[Turgid blossom]
No picture found
 
Fusconaia askewi
[Texas pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Fusconaia barnesiana
[Tennessee pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Fusconaia cerina
[]
No picture found
 
Fusconaia cor
[Shiny pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Fusconaia cuneolus
[Finerayed pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Fusconaia ebena
[Ebonyshell]
No picture found
 
Fusconaia escambia
[Narrow pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Fusconaia flava
[Wabash pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Fusconaia lananensis
[Triangle pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Fusconaia masoni
[Atlantic pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Fusconaia ozarkensis
[Ozark pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Fusconaia subrotunda
[Longsolid]
No picture found
 
Fusconaia succissa
[Purple pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Glebula rotundata
[Round pearlshell]
No picture found
 
Gonidea angulata
[Western ridged mussel]
No picture found
 
Hemistena lata
[Cracking pearlymussel]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis abrupta
[Pink mucket]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis altilis
[Finelined pocketbook]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis australis
[Southern sandshell]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis binominata
[Lined pocketbook]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis bracteata
[Texas fatmucket]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis cardium
[Plain pocketbook]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis cariosa
[Yellow lampmussel]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis dolabraeformis
[Altamaha pocketbook]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis fasciola
[Wavyrayed lampmussel]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis fullerkati
[Waccamaw fatmucket]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis haddletoni
[Haddleton lampmussel]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis higginsii
[Higgins eye]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis hydiana
[Louisiana fatmucket]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis ornata
[Southern pocketbook]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis ovata
[Pocketbook]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis perovalis
[Orangenacre mucket]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis powellii
[Arkansas fatmucket]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis radiata
[Eastern lampmussel]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis rafinesqueana
[Neosho mucket]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis reeveiana
[Arkansas broken-ray]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis satura
[Sandbank pocketbook]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis siliquoidea
[Fatmucket]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis splendida
[Rayed pink fatmucket]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis straminea
[Rough fatmucket]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis streckeri
[Speckled pocketbook]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis subangulata
[Shinyrayed pocketbook]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis teres
[Yellow sandshell]
No picture found
 
Lampsilis virescens
[Alabama lampmussel]
No picture found
 
Lasmigona complanata
[White heelsplitter]
No picture found
 
Lasmigona compressa
[Creek heelsplitter]
No picture found
 
Lasmigona costata
[Flutedshell]
No picture found
 
Lasmigona decorata
[Carolina heelsplitter]
No picture found
 
Lasmigona holstonia
[Tennessee heelsplitter]
No picture found
 
Lasmigona subviridis
[Green floater]
No picture found
 
Lemiox rimosus
[Birdwing pearlymussel]
No picture found
 
Leptodea fragilis
[Fragile papershell]
No picture found
 
Leptodea leptodon
[Scaleshell]
No picture found
 
Leptodea ochracea
[Tidewater mucket]
No picture found
 
Lexingtonia dolabelloides
[Slabside pearlymussel]
No picture found
 
Lexingtonia subplana
[Virginia pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Ligumia nasuta
[Eastern pondmussel]
No picture found
 
Ligumia recta
[Black sandshell]
No picture found
 
Ligumia subrostrata
[Pondmussel]
No picture found
 
Medionidus acutissimus
[Alabama moccasinshell]
No picture found
 
Medionidus conradicus
[Cumberland moccasinshell]
No picture found
 
Medionidus parvulus
[Coosa moccasinshell]
No picture found
 
Medionidus penicillatus
[Gulf moccasinshell]
No picture found
 
Medionidus simpsonianus
[Ochlockonee moccasinshell]
No picture found
 
Medionidus walkeri
[Suwannee moccasinshell]
No picture found
 
Megalonaias nervosa
[Washboard]
No picture found
 
Obliquaria reflexa
[Threehorn wartyback]
No picture found
 
Obovaria jacksoniana
[Southern hickorynut]
No picture found
 
Obovaria olivaria
[Hickorynut]
No picture found
 
Obovaria retusa
[Ring pink]
No picture found
 
Obovaria rotulata
[Round ebonyshell]
No picture found
 
Obovaria subrotunda
[Round hickorynut]
No picture found
 
Obovaria unicolor
[Alabama hickorynut]
No picture found
 
Pegias fabula
[Littlewing pearlymussel]
No picture found
 
Plectomerus dombeyanus
[Bankclimber]
No picture found
 
Plethobasus cicatricosus
[White wartyback]
No picture found
 
Plethobasus cooperianus
[Orangefoot pimpleback]
No picture found
 
Plethobasus cyphyus
[Sheepnose]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema altum
[Highnut]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema avellanum
[Hazel pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema beadleianum
[]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema bournianum
[Scioto pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema chattanoogaense
[Painted clubshell]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema clava
[Clubshell]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema collina
[James spinymussel]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema cordatum
[Ohio pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema curtum
[Black clubshell]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema decisum
[Southern clubshell]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema flavidulum
[Yellow pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema furvum
[Dark pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema georgianum
[Southern pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema gibberum
[Cumberland pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema hagleri
[Brown pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema johannis
[Alabama pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema marshalli
[Flat pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema murrayense
[Coosa pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema nucleopsis
[Longnut]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema oviforme
[Tennessee clubshell]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema perovatum
[Ovate clubshell]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema plenum
[Rough pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema pyriforme
[Oval pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema riddellii
[]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema rubellum
[Warrior pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema rubrum
[Pyramid pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema sintoxia
[Round pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema strodeanum
[Fuzzy pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema taitianum
[Heavy pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema troschelianum
[Alabama clubshell]
No picture found
 
Pleurobema verum
[True pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Popenais popeii
[Texas hornshell]
No picture found
 
Potamilus alatus
[Pink heelsplitter]
No picture found
 
Potamilus amphichaenus
[Texas heelsplitter]
No picture found
 
Potamilus capax
[Fat pocketbook]
No picture found
 
Potamilus inflatus
[Alabama heelsplitter]
No picture found
 
Potamilus ohiensis
[Pink papershell]
No picture found
 
Potamilus purpuratus
[Bleufer]
No picture found
 
Ptychobranchus fasciolaris
[Kidneyshell]
No picture found
 
Ptychobranchus greenii
[]
No picture found
 
Ptychobranchus jonesi
[Southern kidneyshell]
No picture found
 
Ptychobranchus occidentalis
[Ouachita kidneyshell]
No picture found
 
Ptychobranchus subtentum
[Fluted kidneyshell]
No picture found
 
Pyganodon cataracta
[Eastern floater]
No picture found
 
Pyganodon fragilis
[Newfoundland floater]
No picture found
 
Pyganodon gibbosa
[Inflated floater]
No picture found
 
Pyganodon grandis
[Giant floater]
No picture found
 
Pyganodon lacustris
[Lake floater]
No picture found
 
Quadrula apiculata
[Southern mapleleaf]
No picture found
 
Quadrula asperata
[Alabama orb]
No picture found
 
Quadrula aurea
[Golden orb]
No picture found
 
Quadrula couchiana
[Rio grande monkeyface]
No picture found
 
Quadrula cylindrica
[Rabbitsfoot]
No picture found
 
Quadrula fragosa
[Winged mapleleaf]
No picture found
 
Quadrula houstonensis
[Smooth pimpleback]
No picture found
 
Quadrula intermedia
[Cumberland monkeyface]
No picture found
 
Quadrula metanevra
[Monkeyface]
No picture found
 
Quadrula nodulata
[Wartyback]
No picture found
 
Quadrula petrina
[Texas pimpleback]
No picture found
 
Quadrula pustulosa
[Pimpleback]
No picture found
 
Quadrula quadrula
[Mapleleaf]
No picture found
 
Quadrula refulgens
[Purple pimpleback]
No picture found
 
Quadrula rumphiana
[Ridged mapleleaf]
No picture found
 
Quadrula sparsa
[Appalachian monkeyface]
No picture found
 
Quadrula stapes
[Stirrupshell]
No picture found
 
Quadrula tuberosa
[Rough rockshell]
No picture found
 
Quincuncina burkei
[Tapered pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Quincuncina infucata
[Sculptured pigtoe]
No picture found
 
Quincuncina mitchelli
[False spike]
No picture found
 
Simpsonaias ambigua
[Salamander mussel]
No picture found

Max. Length 22.6 cm SHL
 
Sinanodonta woodiana
[Chinese pond mussel]
No picture found
 
Strophitus connasaugaensis
[Alabama creekmussel]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Actinonaias ligamentina Mucket North America. 1819
Actinonaias pectorosa Pheasantshell North America. 1834
Alasmidonta arcula Altamaha arcmussel North America. 1838
Alasmidonta atropurpurea Cumberland elktoe North America. 1831
Alasmidonta heterodon Dwarf wedgemussel North America. 1830
Alasmidonta marginata Elktoe North America. 1818
Alasmidonta mccordi Coosa elktoe North America. 1964
Alasmidonta raveneliana Appalachian elktoe East Pacific. 1834
Alasmidonta robusta Carolina elktoe North America. 1981
Alasmidonta triangulata Southern elktoe North America. 1858
Alasmidonta undulata Triangle floater North America. 1817
Alasmidonta varicosa Brook floater North America. 1819
Alasmidonta viridis Slippershell mussel North America. 1820
Alasmidonta wrightiana Ochlockonee arcmussel North America. 1901
Amblema elliottii Coosa fiveridge North America. 1856
Amblema neislerii Fat threeridge East Pacific. 1858
Amblema plicata Threeridge East Pacific. 1817
Anodonta anatina Duck mussel Northeast Atlantic 15.0 SHL 1758
Anodonta beringiana Yukon floater North America. 1851
Anodonta californiensis California floater North America. 1852
Anodonta couperiana Barrel floater North America. 1840
Anodonta cygnea North America. 1758
Anodonta dejecta Woebegone floater North America. 1875
Anodonta grandis Northern Atlantic 1829
Anodonta heardi Apalachicola floater North America. 1995
Anodonta implicata Alewife floater North America. 1829
Anodonta kennerlyi Western floater North America. 1860
Anodonta nuttalliana North America. 1838
Anodonta oregonensis Oregon floater North America. 1838
Anodonta suborbiculata Flat floater North America. 1831
Anodontoides ferussacianus Cylindrical papershell North America. 1834
Anodontoides radiatus Rayed creekshell North America. 1834
Arcidens confragosus Rock pocketbook North America. 1829
Arkansia wheeleri Ouachita rock pocketbook North America. 1912
Coelatura essoensis Eastern Central Atlantic 1885
Cyclonaias tuberculata Purple wartyback North America. 1820
Cyprogenia aberti Western fanshell North America. 1850
Cyprogenia stegaria Fanshell North America. 1820
Cyrtonaias tampicoensis Tampico pearlymussel North America. 1838
Disconaias salinasensis Salina mucket North America. 1908
Dromus dromas Dromedary pearlymussel North America. 1834
Ellipsaria lineolata Butterfly North America. 1820
Elliptio ahenea Southern lance North America. 1843
Elliptio angustata Carolina lance North America. 1831
Elliptio arca Alabama spike North America. 1834
Elliptio arctata Delicate spike North America. 1834
Elliptio buckleyi Florida shiny spike North America. 1843
Elliptio chipolaensis Chipola slabshell North America. 1905
Elliptio cistellaeformis North America. 1863
Elliptio complanata Eastern Elliptio North America. 1786
Elliptio congaraea Carolina slabshell North America. 1831
Elliptio crassidens Elephantear North America. 1819
Elliptio dariensis Georgia elephantear North America. 1842
Elliptio dilatata Spike North America. 1820
Elliptio downiei Satilla elephantear North America. 1858
Elliptio errans Oval Elliptio North America. 1834
Elliptio fisheriana Northern lance North America. 1838
Elliptio folliculata Pod lance North America. 1838
Elliptio fraterna Brother spike North America. 1852
Elliptio hepatica Brown elliptio North America. 1859
Elliptio hopetonensis Altamaha slabshell North America. 1838
Elliptio icterina Variable spike East Pacific. 1834
Elliptio jayensis Flat spike North America. 1838
Elliptio judithae Plicate spike North America. 1986
Elliptio lanceolata Yellow lance North America. 1828
Elliptio lugubris Sad Elliptio North America. 1834
Elliptio marsupiobesa Cape fear spike North America. 1972
Elliptio mcmichaeli Fluted elephantear North America. 1956
Elliptio monichaeli North America. 1838
Elliptio monroensis St. Johns elephantear North America. 1843
Elliptio nigella Winged spike North America. 1852
Elliptio producta Atlantic spike North America. 1836
Elliptio raveneli Carolina spike North America. 1834
Elliptio roanokensis Roanoke slabshell North America. 1838
Elliptio shepardiana Altamaha lance North America. 1834
Elliptio spinosa Altamaha spinymussel North America. 1836
Elliptio steinstansana Tar River spinymussel To be filled. 1983
Elliptio waccamawensis Waccamaw spike North America. 1863
Elliptio waltoni Florida lance North America. 1888
Elliptoideus sloatianus Purple bankclimber North America. 1840
Epioblasma arcaeformis Sugarspoon North America. 1831
Epioblasma biemarginata Angled riffleshell North America. 1857
Epioblasma brevidens Cumberlandian combshell North America. 1831
Epioblasma capsaeformis Oyster mussel East Pacific. 1834
Epioblasma flexuosa Leafshell North America. 1820
Epioblasma florentina Yellow blossom North America. 1857
Epioblasma haysiana Acornshell North America. 1834
Epioblasma lenior Narrow catspaw North America. 1842
Epioblasma lewisii Forkshell North America. 1910
Epioblasma metastriata Upland combshell North America. 1838
Epioblasma obliquata Purple cat's paw pearly mussel North America. 1820
Epioblasma othcaloogensis Southern acornshell North America. 1857
Epioblasma penita Southern combshell North America. 1834
Epioblasma personata Round combshell North America. 1829
Epioblasma propinqua Tennessee riffleshell North America. 1857
Epioblasma sampsonii Wabash riffleshell North America. 1861
Epioblasma stewardsonii Cumberland leafshell North America. 1852
Epioblasma torulosa Tubercled blossom North America 1820
Epioblasma triquetra Snuffbox North America. 1820
Epioblasma turgidula Turgid blossom North America. 1858
Fusconaia askewi Texas pigtoe North America. 1896
Fusconaia barnesiana Tennessee pigtoe North America. 1838
Fusconaia cerina North America. 1838
Fusconaia cor Shiny pigtoe North America. 1834
Fusconaia cuneolus Finerayed pigtoe North America. 1840
Fusconaia ebena Ebonyshell North America. 1831
Fusconaia escambia Narrow pigtoe North America. 1956
Fusconaia flava Wabash pigtoe North America. 1820
Fusconaia lananensis Triangle pigtoe North America. 1901
Fusconaia masoni Atlantic pigtoe North America. 1834
Fusconaia ozarkensis Ozark pigtoe North America. 1887
Fusconaia subrotunda Longsolid North America. 1831
Fusconaia succissa Purple pigtoe East Pacific. 1852
Glebula rotundata Round pearlshell North America. 1819
Gonidea angulata Western ridged mussel North America. 1838
Hemistena lata Cracking pearlymussel North America. 1820
Lampsilis abrupta Pink mucket North America. 1831
Lampsilis altilis Finelined pocketbook North America. 1834
Lampsilis australis Southern sandshell North America. 1900
Lampsilis binominata Lined pocketbook North America. 1900
Lampsilis bracteata Texas fatmucket North America. 1855
Lampsilis cardium Plain pocketbook North America. 1820
Lampsilis cariosa Yellow lampmussel North America. 1817
Lampsilis dolabraeformis Altamaha pocketbook North America. 1838
Lampsilis fasciola Wavyrayed lampmussel North America. 1820
Lampsilis fullerkati Waccamaw fatmucket North America. 1984
Lampsilis haddletoni Haddleton lampmussel North America. 1964
Lampsilis higginsii Higgins eye North America. 1857
Lampsilis hydiana Louisiana fatmucket North America. 1838
Lampsilis ornata Southern pocketbook North America. 1835
Lampsilis ovata Pocketbook North America. 1817
Lampsilis perovalis Orangenacre mucket North America. 1834
Lampsilis powellii Arkansas fatmucket North America. 1852
Lampsilis radiata Eastern lampmussel North America. 1791
Lampsilis rafinesqueana Neosho mucket North America. 1927
Lampsilis reeveiana Arkansas broken-ray North America. 1852
Lampsilis satura Sandbank pocketbook North America. 1852
Lampsilis siliquoidea Fatmucket North America. 1823
Lampsilis splendida Rayed pink fatmucket North America. 1838
Lampsilis straminea Rough fatmucket North America. 1834
Lampsilis streckeri Speckled pocketbook North America. 1927
Lampsilis subangulata Shinyrayed pocketbook North America. 1840
Lampsilis teres Yellow sandshell North America. 1820
Lampsilis virescens Alabama lampmussel North America. 1858
Lasmigona complanata White heelsplitter North America. 1823
Lasmigona compressa Creek heelsplitter North America. 1829
Lasmigona costata Flutedshell North America. 1820
Lasmigona decorata Carolina heelsplitter North America. 1852
Lasmigona holstonia Tennessee heelsplitter North America. 1838
Lasmigona subviridis Green floater North America. 1835
Lemiox rimosus Birdwing pearlymussel North America. 1831
Leptodea fragilis Fragile papershell North America. 1820
Leptodea leptodon Scaleshell North America. 1820
Leptodea ochracea Tidewater mucket North America. 1817
Lexingtonia dolabelloides Slabside pearlymussel North America. 1840
Lexingtonia subplana Virginia pigtoe North America. 1837
Ligumia nasuta Eastern pondmussel North America. 1817
Ligumia recta Black sandshell North America. 1819
Ligumia subrostrata Pondmussel North America. 1831
Medionidus acutissimus Alabama moccasinshell North America. 1831
Medionidus conradicus Cumberland moccasinshell North America. 1834
Medionidus parvulus Coosa moccasinshell North America. 1860
Medionidus penicillatus Gulf moccasinshell North America. 1857
Medionidus simpsonianus Ochlockonee moccasinshell East Pacific. 1905
Medionidus walkeri Suwannee moccasinshell North America. 1897
Megalonaias nervosa Washboard North America. 1820
Obliquaria reflexa Threehorn wartyback North America. 1820
Obovaria jacksoniana Southern hickorynut North America. 1912
Obovaria olivaria Hickorynut North America. 1820
Obovaria retusa Ring pink North America. 1819
Obovaria rotulata Round ebonyshell North America. 1899
Obovaria subrotunda Round hickorynut North America. 1820
Obovaria unicolor Alabama hickorynut North America. 1845
Pegias fabula Littlewing pearlymussel North America. 1838
Plectomerus dombeyanus Bankclimber North America. 1827
Plethobasus cicatricosus White wartyback North America. 1829
Plethobasus cooperianus Orangefoot pimpleback North America. 1834
Plethobasus cyphyus Sheepnose North America. 1820
Pleurobema altum Highnut North America. 1854
Pleurobema avellanum Hazel pigtoe North America. 1900
Pleurobema beadleianum North America. 1861
Pleurobema bournianum Scioto pigtoe North America. 1840
Pleurobema chattanoogaense Painted clubshell North America. 1858
Pleurobema clava Clubshell North America. 1819
Pleurobema collina James spinymussel North America. 1837
Pleurobema cordatum Ohio pigtoe North America. 1820
Pleurobema curtum Black clubshell North America. 1859
Pleurobema decisum Southern clubshell North America. 1831
Pleurobema flavidulum Yellow pigtoe North America. 1861
Pleurobema furvum Dark pigtoe North America. 1834
Pleurobema georgianum Southern pigtoe North America. 1841
Pleurobema gibberum Cumberland pigtoe North America. 1838
Pleurobema hagleri Brown pigtoe North America. 1900
Pleurobema johannis Alabama pigtoe North America. 1859
Pleurobema marshalli Flat pigtoe North America. 1927
Pleurobema murrayense Coosa pigtoe North America. 1868
Pleurobema nucleopsis Longnut North America. 1849
Pleurobema oviforme Tennessee clubshell North America. 1834
Pleurobema perovatum Ovate clubshell North America. 1834
Pleurobema plenum Rough pigtoe North America. 1840
Pleurobema pyriforme Oval pigtoe North America. 1857
Pleurobema riddellii North America. 1861
Pleurobema rubellum Warrior pigtoe North America. 1834
Pleurobema rubrum Pyramid pigtoe North America. 1820
Pleurobema sintoxia Round pigtoe North America. 1820
Pleurobema strodeanum Fuzzy pigtoe North America. 1898
Pleurobema taitianum Heavy pigtoe North America. 1834
Pleurobema troschelianum Alabama clubshell North America. 1852
Pleurobema verum True pigtoe North America. 1861
Popenais popeii Texas hornshell North America. 1857
Potamilus alatus Pink heelsplitter North America. 1817
Potamilus amphichaenus Texas heelsplitter East Pacific. 1898
Potamilus capax Fat pocketbook North America. 1832
Potamilus inflatus Alabama heelsplitter North America. 1831
Potamilus ohiensis Pink papershell North America. 1820
Potamilus purpuratus Bleufer North America. 1819
Ptychobranchus fasciolaris Kidneyshell North America. 1820
Ptychobranchus greenii North America. 1834
Ptychobranchus jonesi Southern kidneyshell East Pacific. 1934
Ptychobranchus occidentalis Ouachita kidneyshell North America. 1836
Ptychobranchus subtentum Fluted kidneyshell East Pacific. 1825
Pyganodon cataracta Eastern floater East Pacific. 1817
Pyganodon fragilis Newfoundland floater North America. 1819
Pyganodon gibbosa Inflated floater North America. 1824
Pyganodon grandis Giant floater North America. 1829
Pyganodon lacustris Lake floater East Pacific. 1852
Quadrula apiculata Southern mapleleaf North America. 1829
Quadrula asperata Alabama orb North America. 1861
Quadrula aurea Golden orb East Pacific. 1859
Quadrula couchiana Rio grande monkeyface East Pacific. 1860
Quadrula cylindrica Rabbitsfoot North America. 1817
Quadrula fragosa Winged mapleleaf East Pacific. 1835
Quadrula houstonensis Smooth pimpleback North America. 1859
Quadrula intermedia Cumberland monkeyface North America. 1836
Quadrula metanevra Monkeyface North America. 1820
Quadrula nodulata Wartyback North America. 1820
Quadrula petrina Texas pimpleback North America. 1855
Quadrula pustulosa Pimpleback North America. 1831
Quadrula quadrula Mapleleaf North America. 1820
Quadrula refulgens Purple pimpleback East Pacific. 1868
Quadrula rumphiana Ridged mapleleaf East Pacific. 1852
Quadrula sparsa Appalachian monkeyface North America. 1841
Quadrula stapes Stirrupshell North America. 1831
Quadrula tuberosa Rough rockshell North America. 1840
Quincuncina burkei Tapered pigtoe North America. 1922
Quincuncina infucata Sculptured pigtoe North America. 1834
Quincuncina mitchelli False spike North America. 1895
Simpsonaias ambigua Salamander mussel North America. 1825
Sinanodonta woodiana Chinese pond mussel Northwest Pacific 22.6 SHL 1834
Strophitus connasaugaensis Alabama creekmussel North America. 1858



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