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.

The <b>Wabash Pigtoe</b>, <i>Fusconaia flava</i> (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. <br>Illinois State Museum Collection (ISM-675344)