Illinois Natural History Survey - University of Illinois

Species Accounts

 

Subfamily Cumberlandinae

 

• Spectaclecase   Cumberlandia monodonta

   

Subfamily Ambleminae

 

• Washboard   Megalonaias nervosa

   

• Pistolgrip   Tritogonia verrucosa

   

• Winged mapleleaf   Quadrula fragosa

   

• Mapleleaf  Quadrula quadrula

   

• Rabbitsfoot   Quadrula cylindrica

   

• Monkeyface   Quadrula metanevra

   

• Wartyback   Quadrula nodulata

   

• Pimpleback   Quadrula pustulosa

   

• Threeridge   Amblema plicata

   

• Ebonyshell   Fusconaia ebena

   

• Long-solid   Fusconaia subrotunda

   

• Wabash pigtoe   Fusconaia flava

   

• Purple wartyback   Cyclonaias tuberculata

   

• Sheepnose   Plethobasus cyphyus

   

• White wartyback   Plethobasus cicatricosus

   

• Orange-foot pimpleback   Plethobasus cooperianus

   

• Clubshell   Pleurobema clava

   

• Round pigtoe   Pleurobema sintoxia (=P. coccineum)

   

• Rough pigtoe   Pleurobema plenum

   

• Ohio pigtoe   Pleurobema cordatum

   

• Pyramid pigtoe   Pleurobema rubrum

   

• Elephant-ear   Elliptio crassidens

   

• Spike   Elliptio dilatata

   

• Cracking pearlymussel   Hemistena lata

   

• Pondhorn   Uniomerus tetralasmus

   

Subfamily Anodontinae

 

• Paper pondshell   Utterbackia (=Anodonta) imbecillis

   

• Flat floater   Anodonta suborbiculata

   

• Giant floater   Pyganodon (=Anodonta) grandis

   

• Cylindrical papershell   Anodontoides ferussacianus

   

• Creeper   Strophitus undulatus

   

• Elktoe  Alasmidonta marginata

   

• Slippershell mussel   Alasmidonta viridis

   

• Rock-pocketbook   Arcidens confragosus

   

• Salamander mussel   Simpsonaias ambigua

   

• White heelsplitter   Lasmigona complanata

   

• Fluted-shell   Lasmigona costata

   

• Creek heelsplitter   Lasmigona compressa

   

Subfamily Lampsilinae

 

• Kidneyshell   Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

   

• Threehorn wartyback   Obliquaria reflexa

   

• Fanshell   Cyprogenia stegaria

   

• Mucket   Actinonaias ligamentina

   

• Butterfly Ellipsaria lineolata

   

• Hickorynut   Obovaria olivaria

   

• Round hickorynut   Obovaria subrotunda

   

• Ring pink   Obovaria retusa  

   

• Deertoe   Truncilla truncata

   

• Fawnsfoot   Truncilla donaciformis

   

• Scaleshell   Leptodea leptodon

   

• Fragile papershell   Leptodea fragilis

   

• Pink papershell   Potamilus ohiensis

   

• Pink heelsplitter   Potamilusalatus

   

• Bleufer   Potamilus purpuratus

   

• Fat pocketbook   Potamilus capax

   

• Lilliput   Toxolasma parvus

   

• Purple lilliput   Toxolasma lividus

   

• Texas lilliput   Toxolasma texasensis

   

• Black sandshell   Ligumia recta

   

• Pondmussel   Ligumia subrostrata

   

• Ellipse   Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

   

• Rayed bean   Villosa fabalis

   

• Rainbow   Villosa iris

   

• Little spectaclecase   Villosa lienosa

   

• Yellow sandshell   Lampsilis teres

   

• Fatmucket   Lampsilis siliquoidea

   

• Higgins eye   Lampsilis higginsi

   

• Pink mucket   Lampsilis abrupta

   

• Plain pocketbook   Lampsilis cardium

   

• Pocketbook   Lampsilis ovata

   

• Wavy-rayed lampmussel   Lampsilis fasciola

   

• Snuffbox   Epioblasma triquetra

   

• Catspaw   Epioblasma obliquata

   

• Tubercled blossom   Epioblasma torulosa

   

• Northern riffleshell   Epioblasma rangiana

   

• Leafshell   Epioblasma flexuosa

   

• Round combshell   Epioblasma personata

   

• Tennessee riffleshell   Epioblasma propinqua

   

• Wabash riffleshell   Epioblasma sampsonii

   

• Fingernailclams and Peaclams   (Family Sphaeriidae)

   

• Asian Clam   Corbicula fluminea

   

• Zebra Mussel   Dreissena polymorpha

   

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