protection against desiccation. The shell has three layers. In the pearlymussels there is an inner iridescent layer of nacre (mother-of-pearl) composed...
Lampsilis higginsii is a rare species of freshwater mussel known as Higgins' eye pearlymussel or simply Higgins' eye. It is endemic to the United States...
lamp pearlymussel or Alabama lampmussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This...
Red Sea Pearly heath, butterfly species Pearly monocle bream, a Threadfin bream fish genus Pearly moray eel, a moray eel species Pearlymussel (disambiguation)...
freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Its common names include golf stick pearlymussel and ring pink. This mussel was native...
Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (also known as the Tampico pearlymussel) is a freshwater bivalve mollusc belonging to the family Unionidae. It is indigenous...
sugarspoon or arc-form pearlymussel, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. No live individuals...
stewardsonii, the Cumberland leafshell or Steward's pearlymussel, is an extinct species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae. This species was endemic...
Villosa trabalis, the Cumberland bean pearlymussel, Cumberland bean, or purple bean, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the...
Alabama. Failed efforts to transplant the birdwing pearlymussel and the Cumberland monkeyface pearlymussel (Theliderma intermedia), also endangered, to local...
freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Its common names are the Ouachita rock pocketbook and Wheeler's pearlymussel. The former...
pigtoe pearlymussel or rough pigtoe, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species...
rafinesqueana, the Neosho mucket or Neosho pearlymussel, is a species of North American freshwater mussel endemic to Arkansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Missouri...
Cumberlandia monodonta (common name spectaclecase) is a freshwater mussel endemic to the United States. Currently, C. monodonta is listed as an endangered...
lilliput pearlymussel, or pale lilliput, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Its host...
Cumberland monkeyface pearlymussel or Cumberland monkeyface, is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This aquatic bivalve...
or recovery pearlymussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the freshwater mussels. This species...
the white warty-back pearlymussel or white wartyback, is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. Once widely distributed...
Green-blossom pearlymussel Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum Tennessee River system Last fresh shells collected in the 1980s. Tubercled-blossom pearlymussel Epioblasma...
monkey-face pearlymussel or Appalachian monkeyface, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This...
The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press. C. J. Moseley, ed. (1990). "Cracking PearlyMussel". The Official World...
arcuate pearlymussel or leafshell, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species...
river was so named due to its abundance of freshwater mussels, such as the Tampico pearlymussel (Cyrtonaias tampicoensis). The Concho River has three...
catspaw or Stone's pearlymussel, was a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species was...
naiad or clubshell pearlymussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is...
the turgid blossom pearlymussel, turgid riffle shell, turgid-blossom naiad or turgid blossom, was a species of freshwater mussel, a mollusk in the family...