Photographs of Illinois Mussels
Photos of Illinois Mussels
These photos are copyright protected. No photographs included within this
information may be used on the Internet, in publications or in any other form of
media without the written permission of the photographer. All rights reserved. All mussel photos shown, except number 24, belong to
Kevin Cummings of the Illinois Natural History Survey. Photo 24 is the property of Bob Warren of the Illinois State Museum.
COMMERCIAL SPECIES
1. Amblema plicata, threeridge
2. Fusconaia flava, Wabash pigtoe
3. Megalonaias nervosa, washboard
4. Quadrula quadrula, mapleleaf
COMMON SPECIES
5. Lampsilis cardium, plain pocketbook
6. Obliquaria reflexa, threehorn wartyback
7. Quadrula pustulosa, pimpleback
8. Truncilla donaciformis, fawnsfoot
9. Truncilla truncata, deertoe
10. Utterbackia imbecillis, paper pondshell
UNCOMMON/RARE SPECIES
11. Alasmidonta margianat, elktoe
12. Cyclonaias tuberculata, purple wartyback
13. Lampsilis teres, yellow sandshell
14. Quadrula metanerva, monkeyface
15. Tritogonia verrucosa, pistolgrip
16. Venustaconcha ellipsiformis, ellipse
THREATENED/ENDANGERED SPECIES
17. Cyprogenia stegaria, fanshell
18. Ellipsaria lineolata, butterfly
19. Elliptio dilatata, spike
20. Epioblasma triquetra, snuffbox
21. Lampsilis fasciola, wavy-rayed lampmussel
22. Pleurobema clava, clubshell
23. Plethobasus cyphyus, sheepnose
24. Ptychobranchus fasciolaris, kidneyshell
25. Quadrula cylindrica, rabbitsfoot
26. Villosa iris, rainbow
EXTINCT SPECIES
27. Epioblasma flexuosa, leafshell
28. Epioblasma personata, round combshell
29. Epioblasma propinqua, Tennessee riffleshell
30. Epioblasma torulosa, tubercled blossom
INTRODUCED* SPECIES
31. Dreissena polymorpha, zebra mussels (attached to Potamilus alatus, pink heelsplitter)
32. Corbicula fluminea, Asian clam
*see glossary
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