Guides > The Joseph Britton Freshwater Mussel Collection User Guide > Species List

There are 52 Freshwater mussel species found in Texas drainages. 41 of these species are currently represented in this collection. In addition to the Texas species there are a some species represented in the collection from other parts of the United States. All of the Texas freshwater mussel species are listed below in two sections. A third section lists non-Texas species in the collection

For each species, the species author and common name are given. For species represented in the collection a link is provided to all the specimens in the collection identified as that species. For all the species listed below a link to their Nature Serve record is given as a means to provide additional information about the species. To aid in identification a list of similar species is provided as well.



Texas Freshwater Mussel Species in the Collection

Amblema plicata - (Say, 1817) - three-ridge

Arcidens confragosus - (Say, 1829) - rock pocketbook

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis - (I. Lea, 1838) - Tampico pearlymussel

Fusconaia askewi - (Marsh, 1896) - Texas pigtoe

Fusconaia flava - (Rafinesque, 1820) - Wabash pigtoe

Fusconaia lananensis - (Frierson, 1901) - triangle pigtoe

Glebula rotundata - (Lamarck, 1819) - round pearlshell

Lampsilis bracteata - (Gould, 1855) - Texas fatmucket

Lampsilis hydiana - (I. Lea, 1838) - Louisiana fatmucket

Lampsilis satura - (I. Lea, 1852) - sandbank pocketbook

Lampsilis teres - (Rafinesque, 1820) - yellow sandshell

Leptodea fragilis - (Rafinesque, 1820) - fragile papershell

Ligumia subrostrata - (Say, 1831) - pondmussel

Megalonaias nervosa - (Rafinesque, 1820) - washboard

Obliquaria reflexa - Rafinesque, 1820 - threehorn wartyback

Obovaria jacksoniana - (Frierson, 1912) - southern hickorynut

Plectomerus dombeyanus - (Valenciennes, 1827) - bankclimber

Pleurobema riddellii - (I. Lea, 1861) - Louisiana pigtoe

Popenaias popeii - (I. Lea, 1857) - Texas hornshell

Potamilus amphichaenus - (Frierson, 1898) - Texas heelsplitter

Potamilus ohiensis - (Rafinesque, 1820) - pink papershell

Potamilus purpuratus - (Lamarck, 1819) - bleufer

Pyganodon grandis - (Say, 1829) - giant floater

Quadrula apiculata - (Say, 1829) - southern mapleleaf

Quadrula aurea - (I. Lea, 1859) - golden orb

Quadrula houstonensis - (I. Lea, 1859) - smooth pimpleback

Quadrula mitchelli - (Simpson, 1895) - false spike

Quadrula mortoni - (Conrad, 1835) - western pimpleback

Quadrula nobilis - (Conrad, 1854) - gulf mapleleaf

Quadrula petrina - (Gould, 1855) - Texas pimpleback

Quadrula quadrula - (Rafinesque, 1820) - mapleleaf

Strophitus undulatus - (Say, 1817) - creeper

Toxolasma parvus - (Barnes, 1823) - lilliput

Toxolasma texasiensis - (I. Lea, 1857) - Texas lilliput

Tritogonia verrucosa - (Rafinesque, 1820) - pistolgrip

Truncilla donaciformis - (I. Lea, 1828) - fawnsfoot

Truncilla macrodon - (I. Lea, 1859) - Texas fawnsfoot

Truncilla truncata - Rafinesque, 1820 - deertoe

Uniomerus tetralasmus - (Say, 1831) - pondhorn

Utterbackia imbecillis - (Say, 1829) - paper pondshell

Villosa lienosa - (Conrad, 1834) - little spectaclecase





Texas Freshwater Mussels Species Not in the Collection

Anodonta suborbiculata - Say, 1831 - flat floater

Arkansia wheeleri - Ortmann and Walker, 1912 - Ouachita rock pocketbook

Elliptio dilatata - (Rafinesque, 1820) - spike

Lampsilis cardium - Rafinesque, 1820 - plain pocketbook

Lasmigona complanata - (Barnes, 1823) - white heelsplitter

Potamilus metnecktayi - Johnson, 1998 - Salina mucket

Quadrula couchiana - (I. Lea, 1860) - Rio Grande monkeyface

Quadrula nodulata - (Rafinesque, 1820) - wartyback

Quadrula pustulosa - (I. Lea, 1831) - pimpleback

Truncilla cognata - (I. Lea, 1860) - Mexican fawnsfoot

Uniomerus declivis - (Say, 1831) - tapered pondhorn





Other Freshwater Mussel Species in the Collection

Elliptio complanata - (Lightfoot, 1786) - eastern elliptio

Lampsilis splendida - (I. Lea, 1838) - rayed pink fatmucket

Lasmigona subviridis - (Conrad, 1835) - green floater

Villosa delumbis - (Conrad, 1834) - eastern creekshell

Villosa vibex - (Conrad, 1834) - southern rainbow