This is a demonstration of the ISM freshwater mussel image gallery.
Class Bivalvia : Subclass Paleoheterodonta : Genus Fusconaia
Fusconaia flava (Wabash Pigtoe)
The Wabash pigtoe mussel shell is yellowish brown with a texture similar to cloth. The shell is triangular and moderately thick. It grows to three inches in length. It lives in the mud, sand, or gravel bottom of creeks to large rivers. It occurs throughout Illinois.
Conservation status: widespread and common
Taxonomy: Order Unionoida; Superfamily Unionoidea; Family Unionidae; Subfamily Ambleminae
Collection of the Illinois State Museum, photograph by Robert Warren
ISM Accession #: 675344
Class Bivalvia : Subclass Paleoheterodonta : Genus Fusconaia
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