
ESA002-00359
Endangered mussels extend their feet to move around. All are from the Clinch River in eastern TN. More endangered aquatic animals are found here than anywhere else in North America.
Keywords
- brevidens
- capsaeformis
- captivity
- Clinch River
- Close-up
- combshell
- cumberlandian
- cumberlandian combshell
- cuneolus
- cyprogenia
- cyprogenia stegaria
- directly above
- endangered
- Endangered Species
- epioblasma
- epioblasma brevidens
- epioblasma capsaeformis
- fanshell
- fanshell mussel
- federally endangered
- finerayed
- finerayed pigtoe
- finerayed pigtoe mussel
- Freshwater mussel
- fusconaia
- fusconaia cuneolus
- Group
- imperil
- mantle
- mussel
- oyster
- oyster mussel
- pigtoe
- pigtoe mussel
- plenum
- pleurobema
- pleurobema plenum
- rough pigtoe
- rough pigtoe mussel
- stegaria
- Studio Portraits
- threatened
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