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The Ebonyshell, Fusconaia ebena (Lea, 1831), has been virtually eliminated from the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers by pollution, siltation and dam construction. (Conservation status: State threatened.)
Illinois State Museum Collection (ISM-675167)

Photograph by Robert E. Warren, Illinois State Museum.

The <b>Ebonyshell</b>, <i>Fusconaia ebena</i> (Lea, 1831), has been virtually eliminated from the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers by pollution, siltation and dam construction. (Conservation status: State threatened.)<br>Illinois State Museum Collection (ISM-675167)