Top Level : Harvesting : Mussels : Mussel Species

The Giant floater, Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829), very common in floodplain lakes near the Illinois River, were used as spoons by prehistoric people, but were not commercially harvested for button making. (Conservation status: Currently stable).
Illinois State Museum Collection (ISM-673857)

Photograph by Robert E. Warren, Illinois State Museum.