
INV004-00229
A golden riffleshell (Epioblasma aureola) photographed at the Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center with a byssal thread which helps them attach to rocks so they don’t get washed away during floods.
Keywords
- aquarium
- Aquatic
- Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center
- black background
- captivity
- endangered
- Epioblasma aureola
- full length
- golden riffleshell
- invertrbrates
- Marion
- mussels
- one animal
- Photo Ark
- studio shot
- top view
- Virginia
This photo © Joel Sartore 2022. Image usage guidelines

This photo is part of the Photo Ark.