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Mussels of the Big Darby Creek watershed    Page 1

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Mussel survival following a Big Darby Creek pollutant spill

 

Wabash pigtoe    (c) 2002 DCA

Wabash pigtoe

Fusconaia flava

© 2002 DCA

Plain pocketbook    (c) 2002 DCA

Plain pocketbook  Lampsilis cardium  © 2002 DCA

Wavyrayed lampmussel    (c) 2002 DCAWavyrayed lampmussel

Lampsilis fasciola

© 2002 DCA

Fat mucket mussels (top) and plain pocketbook (bottom) (c) 2002 DCAFat muckets (Lampsilis radiata luteola) (top) and plain pocketbook (Lampsilis ventricosa© 2002 DCA

Wavyrayed lampmussel and kidneyshell mussel    (c) 2002 DCA

Wavyrayed lampmussel  (Lampsilis fasciola) (left) and rainbow mussel (Villosa iris)

© 2002 DCA

Threeridge    (c) 2002 DCAThreeridge (Amblema plicata)

© 2002 DCA

Kidneyshell mussel  (c) 2002 DCAKidneyshell (Ptychobranchus fasciolaris)

 

© 2002 DCA

Ohio special interest species

Rainbow  (c) 2002 DCA

Rainbow (Villosa iris)  © 2002 DCA

White heelsplitter  (c) 2002 DCAWhite heelsplitter (Lasmigona complanata) 

 © 2002 DCA

Mussels  (c) 2002 DCAClockwise from top left - Pistolgrip, giant floater, Wabash pigtoe, spike, threeridge © 2002 DCA

Creeper  (c) 2002 DCA

  Creeper  (Strophitus undulatus)

© 2002 DCA

Pistolgrip (left) and Giant floater  (c) 2002 DCAPistolgrip (Tritogonia verrucosa) (left) and Giant floater (Pyganodon grandis)    © 2002 DCA

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Information about Big Darby mussels

Fish of the Darby Creek Watershed

Topographic map of the Big Darby Creek Watershed