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[dac343]

Toxolasma lividus lure
https://youtu.be/Vaqa3DKKCCM

 

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Epioblasma walkeri lure
https://youtu.be/ubghRNXN-eQ
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Lampsilis fasciola
https://youtu.be/OTpPJTuNgWA
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Lampsilis cardium lure
https://youtu.be/oYgdLBykkns
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Fusconaia subrotunda


Ligumia recta prior to release


Madtom use of mussel shell


Creeper Strophitus undulatus


Lasmigona costata hatchery reared


Strophitus undulatus hatchery raised


Top to bottom, Cumberland Bean Villosa trabilis, Painted Creek Shell Villosa taeniata, and Black Sandshell Ligumia recta


Plain Pocketbook, Lampsilis cardium


Black Sandshell, Ligumia recta

[dac343]

Cumberland papershell Anodontoides denigrata


Pistolgrip, Tritogonia verrucosa


Fanshell with spit out lure, Cyprogenia stegaria


Cumberland Elktoe, Alasmidonta atropurpurea


Epioblasma triquetra hatchery raised


Flatworm consuming Ligumia recta


All pictures taken while working for KDFWR Center for Mollusk Conservation

[mattknepley]

Neat stuff. Those pistol grips are not like any mussels I can recall seeing.

[gerald]

Yeah, the Miss River Basin has way more river mussel species, shapes and colors than our Atlantic slope rivers.  Atlantic drainages do have a variety of species (around 30 i think in the Santee basin, NC-SC), but most of them look pretty much the same, and only a few have lures.  Thanks for posting those, David!  Any idea what type of flatworm is eating the kids ?

[Isaac Szabo]

Interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing.

[dac343]

Pretty much KY, AL and TN are where its at for mussel diversity.  Pretty good variability found in headwater streams vs mainstem and even looking at the same species across multiple drainage's.  Fusconia flava kills me with its variability, hard species to ID. 

As far as flatworm species I can't really ID it.  The odd story about that picture is it occurred right when we really started to focus on the dangers of flatworms due to a paper being published discussing predation of flatworms on mussel larvae.  This picture is the only time I have ever actually witnessed it.

[dac343]

Few more pics
 
Spectaclecase Cumberlandia monodonta


lampsilis siliquoidea


Purple wartyback Cyclonaias tuberculata


Mapleleaf Quadrula quadrula


Juvie L. cardium under scope

[dac343]

Pimpleback Quadrula pustulosa


Enjoying spots like this


Epioblasma brevidens males on right female on left


Variety of Cumberland drainage mussels


Few other Cumberland mussels


Pink heelsplitter . Potamilus alatus,


Pink heelsplitter Potamilus alatus

[dac343]

Epioblasma walkeri


Wavy-rayed lampmussel Lampsilis fasciola


Villosa taeniata

[Kanus]

Awesome!!! Thanks for sharing!

[Josh Blaylock]

Awesome stuff David Sent from my Nexus 10 using Tapatalk