Top Level : Harvesting : Mussels : Shell Buttons

Yellow Sandshell Mussel Button Shell
Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820).
Two sizes of blanks were cut from this shell. This was done to get the maximum number of blanks from each shell.

Photograph by Gary Andrashko, Illinois State Museum.

<b>Yellow Sandshell Mussel Button Shell</b> <br><i> Lampsilis teres</i> (Rafinesque, 1820).<br>Two sizes of blanks were cut from this shell. This was done to get the maximum number of blanks from each shell.