Close up view of a birdwing pearly mussel. For more information go to http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/WWW/esis/lists/e404017.htm
The species is endangered wherever found
including the States of Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia.
Close-up of several of these endangered mussels from Hawkins Creek in West Virginia.For more information about endangered mussels visit
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/clams/mussels.html
Lesage Island in the Ohio River provides habitat for the endangered pink mucket pearlymussel.
For more information about threatened and endangered mussels visit http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/clams/mussels.html
Tygart River in Elkins, West Virgiinia, provides habitat for endangered mussels. For more information about threatened and endangered mussels visit http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/clams/mussels.html
Greenbriar River in West Virginia, provides habitat for endangered mussels.For more information about threatened and endangered mussels visit http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/clams/mussels.html
The Ohio River, running between Ohio and West Virginia, provides habitat for endangered mussels. For more information about threatened and endangered mussels visit http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/clams/mussels.html
A closeup view of a fanshell mussel found in the Ohio River near Williamstown, WV. On June 21, 1990 the fanshell was designated as endangered throughout its entire range in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West...
Fish and Wildlife Service employees at gravel island in the Ohio River studying samples of freshwater mussel shells. Motorboat transportation beached in background.
Elk River, in West Virginia, provides habitat for the endangered species clubshell mussel. For more information about threatened and endangered mussels visit http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/clams/mussels.html
Close-up of endangered species mussel from the Ohio River. For more information about endangered mussels visit http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/clams/mussels.html
Close-up of endangered mussel from the Ohio River.For more information about endangered mussels visit http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/clams/mussels.html