Top Level : Harvesting : Mussels : Mussel Species

The White Heelsplitter, Lasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823), was widespread in the Illinois River in the early 1900s, but today lives only in the lower half because of pollution upstream. (Conservation status: Currently stable).
Illinois State Museum Collection (ISM-FIA)

Photograph by Robert E. Warren, Illinois State Museum.

The <b>White Heelsplitter</b>, <i>Lasmigona complanata</i> (Barnes, 1823), was widespread in the Illinois River in the early 1900s, but today lives only in the lower half because of pollution upstream. (Conservation status: Currently stable).<br>Illinois State Museum Collection (ISM-FIA)