Unionidae
Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820
Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820
Obliquaria reflexa, the threehorn wartyback, is the only species in the Obliquaria genus of Unionidae freshwater mussels.
Truncilla donaciformis (I.Lea, 1827)
Truncilla donaciformis (I.Lea, 1827)
Truncilla donaciformis, the fawnsfoot, is a Unionidae freshwater mussel native to central North America.
Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820
Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820
Truncilla truncata, the deertoe, is a North American freshwater unionid mussel with special conservation statuses in US states.
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)
Venustaconcha ellipsiformis, the ellipse, is a unionid bivalve found in select North American river drainages.
Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819)
Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819)
Glebula rotundata, the round pearlshell, is a North American species that lives in fresh and brackish waters.
Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (I.Lea, 1838)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (I.Lea, 1838)
Cyrtonaias tampicoensis is a river-dwelling North American freshwater mussel that can produce colored Concho pearls.
Ortmanniana ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819)
Ortmanniana ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819)
Ortmanniana ligamentina is a large freshwater mussel native to eastern North America, with a documented 25-year lifespan.
Sagittunio nasutus (Say, 1817)
Sagittunio nasutus (Say, 1817)
Sagittunio nasutus (eastern pondmussel) is a native North American freshwater unionid mussel with a changing Canadian conservation status.
Sagittunio subrostratus (Say, 1831)
Sagittunio subrostratus (Say, 1831)
Sagittunio subrostratus, the pondmussel or black pondmussel, is a freshwater Unionidae bivalve mussel.
Atlanticoncha ochracea (Say, 1817)
Atlanticoncha ochracea (Say, 1817)
Atlanticoncha ochracea, the tidewater mucket, is a native east coast North American freshwater mussel in the Unionidae family.
Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot), 1786
Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot), 1786
Eastern elliptio is an abundant native North American freshwater mussel in the Unionidae family.
Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)
Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)
Elliptio crassidens, the elephant-ear, is a North American freshwater unionid mussel with specific life history and conservation status.
Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)
Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)
Fusconaia flava is a freshwater bivalve mussel native to North American rivers and streams, currently ranked as least conservation concern.
Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819)
Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819)
Pleurobema clava, the clubshell, is an endangered endemic freshwater mussel of the United States.
Pleurobema decisum (I.Lea, 1831)
Pleurobema decisum (I.Lea, 1831)
The southern clubshell (Pleurobema decisum) is an endangered unionid freshwater mussel endemic to three U.S. states.
Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)
Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)
Pleurobema sintoxia, the round pigtoe, is an endangered North American freshwater river mussel native to eastern North America.
Pleuronaia barnesiana (I.Lea, 1838)
Pleuronaia barnesiana (I.Lea, 1838)
Pleuronaia barnesiana, the Tennessee Pigtoe, is a Unionidae bivalve species endemic to the United States.
Pleuronaia dolabelloides (I.Lea, 1840)
Pleuronaia dolabelloides (I.Lea, 1840)
Pleuronaia dolabelloides is an endemic Unionidae freshwater mussel of the US Tennessee River system.
Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)
Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)
The purple wartyback is a wide-ranging North American freshwater mussel facing multiple invasive and human-caused threats.
Cyclonaias pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831)
Cyclonaias pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831)
The pimpleback Cyclonaias pustulosa is a widespread North American freshwater mussel in the Unionidae family.
Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)
Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)
Quadrula quadrula, the mapleleaf, is a North American native freshwater mussel in the Unionidae family.
Theliderma cylindrica (Say, 1817)
Theliderma cylindrica (Say, 1817)
The rabbitsfoot (Theliderma cylindrica) is a United States-native freshwater river mussel that has lost over half its historic range.
Theliderma metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820)
Theliderma metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820)
Theliderma metanevra, the monkeyface, is a widespread common freshwater mussel native to eastern US rivers.
Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)
Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)
Uniomerus tetralasmus is a freshwater mussel species, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the river mussel family Unionidae.
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