Top Level : Harvesting : Mussels : Mussel Species

The Pimpleback, Quadrula pustulosa (Lea, 1831), was found to be the second most abundant species in the Illinois River in a 1966 mussel survey. (Conservation status: Currently stable).
Illinois State Museum Collection (ISM-679839)

Photograph by Robert E. Warren, Illinois State Museum.

The <b>Pimpleback</b>, <i>Quadrula pustulosa</i> (Lea, 1831), was found to be the second most abundant species in the Illinois River in a 1966 mussel survey. (Conservation status: Currently stable).<br>Illinois State Museum Collection (ISM-679839)