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The Giant floater, Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829), is a large, thin-shelled species that were not sought by commercial mussel harvesters because the shells are too thin for making buttons or implants for cultured pearls.
Illinois State Museum Collection (ISM-673857)

Photograph by Robert E. Warren, Illinois State Museum.

The <b>Giant floater</b>, <i>Pyganodon grandis</i> (Say, 1829), is a large, thin-shelled species that were not sought by commercial mussel harvesters because the shells are too thin for making buttons or implants for cultured pearls. <br>Illinois State Museum Collection (ISM-673857)