Table Bc01: Mussel species found in the Spring River Basin
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| Paper floater | Anodonta imbecilis |
| Giant floater | Anodonta grandis grandis |
| Squaw foot | Strophitus undulatus undulatus |
| Elk toe | Alasmidonta marginata |
| Slipper shell | Alasmidonta viridis |
| White heel-splitter | Lasmigona complanata |
| Fluted shell | Lasmigona costata |
| Pistol-grip | Tritogonia verrucosa |
| Maple leaf | Quadrula quadrula |
| Rabbit's foot | Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica |
| Monkey face | Quadrula metanevra |
| Pimple-back | Quadrula pustulosa |
| Three-ridge | Amblema plicata plicata |
| Wabash pig-toe | Fusconaia flava |
| Ozark shell | Fusconaia ozarkensis |
| Round pig-toe | Pleurobema coccineum |
| Lady-finger | Elliptio dilata |
| Kidney-shell | Ptychobranchus occidentalis |
| Western fanshell | Cyprogenia aberti |
| Mucket | Actinonaias ligamentina carinata |
| Plea's mussel | Venustaconcha ellipsiformis |
| Fawn's foot | Truncilla donaciformis |
| Deer-toe | Truncilla truncata |
| Fragile paper shell | Leptodea fragilis |
| Liliput shell | Toxolasma parvus |
| Little purple | Toxolasma lividus glans |
| Pond mussel | Ligumia subrostrata |
| Slough sand shell | Lampsilis teres teres |
| Yellow sand shell | Lampsilis teres anodontoides |
| Fat mucket | Lampsilis radiata luteola |
| Neosho mucket | Lampsilis rafinesqueana |
| Pocketbook | Lampsilis ventricosa |
| Broken rays | Lampsilis reeviana brevicula |
| Purple pimpleback | Cyclonaias tuberculata |
| Black sand shell | Ligumia recta |
Source: Oesch (1984).
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