Table 8. Species of mussels collected in the Lamine river Basin since 1965 (Oesch 1984).
Common Name Scientific Name
Paper Floater Anodonta imbecilis
Giant Floater A. grandis
Squaw Foot Strophitus undulatus
White Heel Split Lasmigona complanata
Pistol-Grip Tritogonia verrucosa
Maple Leaf Quadrula quadrula
Pimple-Back Q. pustulosa
Three-Ridge Amblema plicata
Wabash Pig-Toe Fusconaia flava
Round Pig-Toe Pleurobema sintoxia
Lady Finger Elliptio dilatata
Pound Horn Uniomerus tetralasmus
Three-Horned Warty-Back Obliquaria revlexa
Ellipse Venustaconcha ellipsiformis
Deer-Toe Truncilla truncata
Fragile Paper Shell Leptodea fragilis
Pink Heel-Splitter Potamilus alatus
Pink Paper Shell P. ohioensis
Pond Mussel Ligumia subrostrata
Slough Sand Shell Lampsilis teres
Fat Mucket L. radiata
Pocketbook L. Ventricosa

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