Table 24. Mussels identified from shells collected in the Sac River basin.
Common Name Species Shell condition Location
Asian clam Corbicula fluminea Weathered dead Horse Creek, Highway CC
Fragile papershell Leptodea fragilis Weathered dead Horse Creek, Highway CC
Pink heelsplitter Potamilus alatus Weathered dead Horse Creek, Highway CC
Giant floater Pyganodon grandis Shell Fragments Horse Creek, Highway CC
Mapleleaf Quadrula quadrula Shell Fragments Horse Creek, Highway CC
Squawfoot Strophitus undulatus Weathered dead Horse Creek, Highway CC
Pistolgrip Tritagonia verrucosa Weathered dead Horse Creek, Highway CC
Deertoe Truncilla truncata Weathered dead Horse Creek, Highway CC
Threeridge Amblema plicata Weathered dead Horse Creek, Highway 32
Plain pocketbook Lampsilis cardium Weathered dead Horse Creek, Highway 32
Fragile papershell Leptodea fragilis Weathered dead Horse Creek, Highway 32
Giant floater Pyganodon grandis Shell Fragments Horse Creek, Highway 32
Pimpleback Quadrula pustulosa Weathered dead Horse Creek, Highway 32
Pistolgrip Tritagonia verrucosa Weathered dead Horse Creek, Highway 32
Spike Elliptio dilatata Shell fragments Cedar Creek, Highway 32
Wabash pigtoe Fusconaia flava Weathered dead Cedar Creek, Highway 32
Fat mucket Lampsilis siliquoidea Shell fragments Cedar Creek, Highway 32
Fat mucket Lampsilis siliquoidea Shell fragments Bear Creek, Highway A
White heelsplitter Lasmigonia complanata Weathered dead Cedar Creek, Highway 39
Fragile papershell Leptodea fragilis Weathered dead Cedar Creek, Highway 39
Three-horned wartyback Obliquaria reflexa Weathered dead Cedar Creek, Highway 39
Squawfoot Strophitus undulatus Weathered dead Cedar Creek, Highway 39
Deertoe Truncilla truncata Weathered dead Cedar Creek, Highway 39
Spectaclecase Cumberlandia monodonta Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Squawfoot Strophitus undulatus Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Pistolgrip Tritagonia verrucosa Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Monkeyface Quadrula metanevra Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Pimpleback Quadrula pustulosa Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Threeridge Amblema plicata Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Wabash pigtoe Fusconaia flava Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Purple wartyback Cyclonaias tuberculata Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Round pigtoe Pleurobema sintoxia Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Spike Elliptio dilatata Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Threehorn wartyback Obliquaria reflexa Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Mucket Actinonaias ligamentina Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Ellipse Ventusticoncha ellipsiformis Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Butterfly Ellipsaria lineolata Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Deertoe Truncilla trucata Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Fawnsfoot Truncilla donaciformis Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Fragile papershell Leptodea fragilis Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Pink heelsplitter Potamilis alatus Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Black sanshell Ligumia recta Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Yellow sandshell Lampsilis teres Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Pocketbook Lampsilis cardium Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Pink mucket Lampsilis abrupta Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 30.1
Squawfoot Strophitus undulatus Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Rock pocketbook Arcidens confragosus Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
White heelsplitter Lasmisgona c. complanata Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Flutted shell Lasmigona costata Shell fragments Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Washboard Megalonaias nervosa Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Pistolgrip Tritagonia verrucosa Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Maplelaf Quadrula quadrula Shell fragments Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Monkeyface Quadrula metanevra Shell fragments Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Pimpleback Quadrula pustulosa Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Threeridge Amblema plicata Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Wabash pigtoe Fusconaia flava Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Purple wartyback Cyclonaias tuberculata Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Round Pigtoe Pleurobema sintoxia Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Spike Elliptio dilatata Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Threehorn wartyback Obliquaria reflexa Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Mucket Actinonaias ligamentina Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Ellipse Ventusticoncha ellipsiformis Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Butterfly Ellipsaria lineolata Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Fawnsfoot Truncilla donaciformis Shell fragments Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Pink papershell Potamilis ohiensis Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Pink heelsplitter Potamilus alatus Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Black sandshell Ligumia recta Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Yellow sandshell Lampsilis teres Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Fatmucket Lamsilis siliquoidia Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Pocketbook Lampsilis cardium Weathered dead Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3
Pink mucket Lampsilis abrupta Shell fragments Sac River, Stream Mile 34.3

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