This ancient feature was initially created by Archaic cultures and completed by Woodland period cultures. Its height was reached by the discarding the shells of their food source - oysters, clams, and other mollusks. over a 6,000 time span. Once...
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.
These two native specimens were pulled from the Potomac River during a survey near Shepherd's Island, MD. Of the two, the mollusk on the left - a Brook Floater, is considered a "species of concern".
A large Pacific Walrus bull swimming in frigid Alaska waters. This walrus lives near the shallow water areas of the Pacific Alaska coast and subsists mostly on benthic bivalve mollusks.
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
