Native Mussel Gallery

Native Mussel Species The following links provide information about the native mussel species that inhabit the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area. (Listing by Scientific Names)
Black sandshell Butterfly Creek heelsplitter Cylindrical papershell Deertoe Ebonyshell Elephant ear Elktoe Ellipse Fat mucket Fawnsfoot Fluted shell Fragile papershell Giant floater Hickorynut Higgin's eye Lilliput Mapleleaf Monkeyface Mucket Paper floater Pimpleback	Pink heelsplitter Pink papershell Pistolgrip Plain pocketbook Purple wartyback Rock pocketbook Round pigtoe Salamander mussel Sheepnose Snuffbox Spectaclecase Spike Strange floater Threehorn wartyback Threeridge Wabash pigtoe Wartyback Washboard White heelsplitter Winged mapleleaf Yellow sandshell

Mussels

• Mussel Main Page
• Introduction To Mussels
• Native Mussel Gallery
• Pictures
• Collecting Mussels
• Mussel Survey
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• Glossary
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