Freshwater (IMAGE)

Texas A&M AgriLife Communications

Freshwater

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Researchers with the Texas A&M Institute for Renewable Natural Resources recently found this false spike freshwater mussel in the San Saba River in Central Texas. The species was thought to be extinct, but the specimen had apparently only recently died and there was still tissue inside the shell.

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