Top Level
: Harvesting
: Mussels
: Mussel Species
The Wabash Pigtoe, Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820), is a relatively small river mussel with uneven shell thickness, but it was still valued by button makers for the good quality of its shell.
Illinois State Museum Collection (ISM-675344)
Photograph by Robert E. Warren, Illinois State Museum.