Table 25. Mussels of the East Osage River Basin.
Common Name Scientific Name
Mucket Actinonaias ligamentina carinata
Three-ridge Amblema plicata
Paper floater Anodonta imbecilis
Flat floater Anodonta suborbiculata
Giant floater Anodonta grandis grandis
Rock pocketbook Arcidens confragosus
Asiatic clam Corbicula fulminea
Spectacle case Cumberlandia monodonta
Purple pimpleback Cyclonaias tuberculata
Butterfly Ellipsaria lineolata
Elephant's ear Elliptio crassidens crassidens
Lady-finger Elliptio dilatata
Ebony shell Fusconaia
Wabash pig-toe Fusconaia flava
Yellow sand shell Lampsilis teres anodotoides
Fat mucket Lampsilis radiata luteola
Common Name Scientific Name
Pink mucket Lampsilis orbiculata
Pocketbook Lampsilis ventricosa
Britt's mussel Lampsilis reeviana brittsi
White heel-splitter Lasmigona complanata
Fluted shell Lasmigona costata
Scale shell Leptodea leptodon
Fragile paper shell Leptodea fragilia
Black sand shell Ligumia recta
Washboard Megalonaias nervosa
Three-honed warty-back Obliquaria reflexa
Hickory-nut Obovaria olivaria
Round pig-toe Pleurobema sintoxia
Pink heel-splitter Potamilus alatus
Pink paper shell Potamilus ohioensis
Monkey-face Quadrula metanevra
Pimple-back Quadrula pustulosa
Maple leaf Quadrula quadrula
Squaw foot Strophitus undulatus undulatus
Liliput shell Toxolasma parvus
Pistol-grip Tritogonia verrucosa
Fawn's foot Truncilla donaciformis
Deer-toe Truncilla truncata
Pond-horn Uniomerus tetralasmus
Ellipse Venustaconcha ellipsiformis ellipsiformis

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