Table Bc04: Mussel fauna of Moreau basin
| Common Name (Status) | Scientific Name | Habitat type | Sample site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three-Ridge | Amblema plicata | gravel, gravel-mud, tolerant of polluted water | 95111 |
| Paper floater | Anodonta imbecilis | ponds, lakes, rivers, quiet backwaters, eddies, sandy to muddy substrate | - |
| Asiatic clam | Corbicula fluminea | any habitat, small-medium rivers, lakes, stable gravel in swift water | 96089 |
| Wabash Pig-toe | Fusconaia flava | gravel and sand with moderate current | 96089 |
| Pocketbook | Lampsilis cardium | quiet-swift water, any substrate except sand | 79076, 79079 |
| Fat mucket | Lampsilis siliquoidea | any substrate, moderate-slow moving water, soft mud of lakes | 95111 |
| Yellow sandshell | Lampsilis teres | large, warm, turbid rivers | 96089, 95111 |
| White heel-splitter | Lasmigona c. complanata | rivers assoc. with large rivers, sluggish, turbid with mud, mud-gravel substrate | 96089 |
| Fragile papershell | Leptodea fragilis | small-large streams, mud, mud-gravel, gravel, clear or murky water | 79076, 79079, 96089 |
| Black sandshell (S1, S2, G5)* | Ligumia recta | small-large size gravel, good current | lower Moreau |
| Pond mussel | Ligumia subrostrata | quiet river pools, sloughs, shallow ponds | 96089, 95111, 80074 |
| Threehorn wartyback | Obliquaria reflexa | medium-large rivers, moderate current, gravel, gravel-sand, gravel-mud | 79076 |
| Pink heel-splitter | Potamilus alatus | slow-swift water, lake, lake-like river, any habitat | 79076, 79079 |
| Giant floater | Pyganodon grandis grandis | quiet water with mud or mud-gravel substrate, lakes | 96089 |
| Pimple-back | Quadrula pustulosa | small-large streams, any substrate except shifting sand | 79076 |
| Maple leaf | Quadrula quadrula | clear or turbid, small-medium gravel or rocks with or without mud interspersed, large rivers | 79076, 96089 |
| Peaclam | Sphaerid sp. | - | 96089, 95111 |
| Squaw foot | Strophitus undulatus | gravel to gravel-mud, flowing water | 79076, 95111 |
| Liliput shell | Toxolasma parvus | quiet waters, lake, mud, mud-sand | 80074 |
| Pistol-grip | Tritogonia verrucosa | any substrate | 79076, 96089 |
| Fawn's Foot | Truncilla donaciformis | small & large rivers | 79076, 79079 |
| Deer-toe | Truncilla truncata | mud-gravel to larger rocks, moderately swift water | 79076 |
| Pondhorn | Uniomerus tetralasmus | mud bottom lakes, pools, oxbows, sloughs | 80074 |
| Paper pondshell | Utterbackia imbecillis | ponds or lakes,small-large rivers in backwaters and eddies with sand to mud substrate | 96089, 80074 |
| Ellipse | Venustaconcha ellipsiformis | small-medium steams, stable gravel bottom | 96089 |
*S1=critically imperiled in the state because of extreme rarity or because of some factor(s) making it vulnerable to extirpation from the state (typically 5 or fewer occurrences or very few remaining individuals). *S2=imperiled in the state because of rarity because of some factor(s) making it vulnerable to extirpation from the state (typically 6-20 occurrences or few remaining individuals or acres). *G5=Demonstrably widespread, abundant, and secure globally, although it may be rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
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