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Insects
Round heavy mussel with green rays on a yellow shell.
Field facts
HabitatRivers with clean gravel
RangeStatewide
When to lookYear-round
StatusSecure (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesFatmucket, Wabash Pigtoe
Field note: Its larvae must hitch a ride on a fish's gills to disperse.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
Reburying a mussel you dug up rarely works; leave them in place.
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