
INV004-00144
A shell of a dead winged mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula fragosa). This is one of 44 species of freshwater mussels still found in the upper Mississippi River near Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. This species is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.
Keywords
- animal portrait
- animal theme
- aquatic invertebrate
- black background
- Brown
- Close-up
- Crticially Endangered species
- false mapleleaf
- Freshwater
- full length
- hickory nut shell
- high angle view
- invertebrate
- Mississippi River
- mussel
- natural patterns
- one animal
- Photo Ark
- Prairie du Chien
- Quadrula fragosa
- studio shot
- winged mapleleaf mussel
- Wisconsin
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This photo is part of the Photo Ark.