Federally endangered mussels

Photo By/Credit

Ryan Hagerty/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
02/27/2019
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
DOI partnership with the Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center, Clinch River, near Marion, Virginia. FE=Federally Endangered Species:
Birdwing Pearlymussel (Lemiox rimosus) FE
Black Sandshell (Ligumia recta)
Creeper (Strophitus undulatus)
Cumberland Moccasinshell (Medionidus conradicus)
Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens) FE
Dromedary Pearlymussel (Dromus dromas) FE
Fine-rayed Pigtoe (Fusconaia cuneolus) FE
Fluted Kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus subtentus) FE
Golden Riffleshell (Epioblasma aureola) FE
Mountain Creekshell (Villosa vanuxemensis)
Oyster Mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis) FE
Pocketbook (Lampsilis ovata)
Rainbow (Villosa iris)
Sheepsnose (Plethobasus cyphyus) FE
Slippershell (Alasmidonta viridis)
Snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra) FE
Tennessee Bean (Venustaconcha trabalis) FE *Both purple and Yellow forms
Tennessee Pigtoe (Fusconaia barnesiana)
Wavy-rayed Lampmussel (Lampsilis fasciola)
Subject tags
Aquaculture
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Freshwater mussels
Mollusks
Partnerships