It didn't appear able to fully close. But in about 5 minutes it had disappeared into the sand.
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ID for a mussel
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Wally
, Apr 26 2017 10:23 AM
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#1
Wally
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- Kansas
Posted 26 April 2017 - 10:23 AM
Found this guy yesterday in a drying pool from the Kaw river. The pool had a few gambusia but not much else. I moved him about 2 feet to the river and released him after photos, but I don't know what species he is.
It didn't appear able to fully close. But in about 5 minutes it had disappeared into the sand.
It didn't appear able to fully close. But in about 5 minutes it had disappeared into the sand.
#2
Wally
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- NANFA Guest
- Kansas
Posted 26 April 2017 - 10:27 AM
Info
4/26/17
Kansas river near topeka (recently flooded area)
Sand bottom
4/26/17
Kansas river near topeka (recently flooded area)
Sand bottom
#3
gerald
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- Wake Forest, North Carolina
Posted 26 April 2017 - 12:20 PM
Potamilus ?
Gerald Pottern
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Hangin' on the Neuse
"Taxonomy is the diaper used to organize the mess of evolution into discrete packages" - M.Sandel
#4
mattknepley
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- Smack-dab between the Savannah and the Saluda.
Posted 26 April 2017 - 07:18 PM
Sure is pretty, whatever it is...
Matt Knepley
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."
"No thanks, a third of a gopher would merely arouse my appetite..."
#5
Wally
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- Kansas
Posted 27 April 2017 - 10:17 AM
I've never seen a mussel so bright on the outside. At first I thought the floods might have polished it but it doesn't look worn
#6
dac343
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Posted 27 April 2017 - 06:35 PM
My first thought seeing it was Leptodea fragilis but looking at the umbo and wing in front of the umbo make me think its probably a Potamilus ohiensis
David Cravens
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