Mussel (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Mussel

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A team of biologists, headed by Jeremy Tiemann of the Illinois Natural History Survey, transported two endangered freshwater mussel species, the northern riffleshell (Epioblasma rangiana) and clubshell (Pleurobema clava, pictured), from Pennsylvania to Illinois.

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Image courtesy Jeremy Tiemann

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