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