Fresh Water Mussel Image Gallery -- Illinois State Museum

Anodontaoides ferussacianus (Cylindrical Papershell)
The interior of the cylindrical papershell mussel has silvery or bluish white nacre that is iridescent toward the posterior. It is without teeth. The beak cavity is shallow.

Collection of the Illinois State Museum, photograph by Karen Little
ISM Accession #: 673794

<b><i>Anodontaoides ferussacianus</i> (Cylindrical Papershell)</b>

Class Bivalvia : Subclass Paleoheterodonta : Genus Anodontoides

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