Canaiad's Freshwater Mussels of Canada

Diagnostics, Distribution and Biology of native unionids of Canada

Lake Floater 1
Pyganodon lacustris
Paper Pondshell 2
Utterbackia imbecillis
Alewife Floater 2
Utterbackiana implicata
Dwarf Wedgemussel 3
Alasmidonta heterodon
Elktoe 2
Alasmidonta marginata
Triangle Floater 2
Alasmidonta undulata
Brook Floater 4
Alasmidonta varicosa
Slippershell Mussel 5
Alasmidonta viridis
Yukon Floater 6
Anodonta beringiana
Western Floater 7
Anodonta kennerlyi
Winged Floater 2
Anodonta nuttalliana
Cylindrical Papershell 2
Anodontoides ferussacianus
White Heelsplitter 2
Lasmigona complanata
Creek Heelsplitter 2
Lasmigona compressa
Flutedshell 2
Lasmigona costata
Eastern Floater 2
Pyganodon cataracta
Newfoundland Floater
Pyganodon fragilis
Giant Floater 2
Pyganodon grandis
Northern Floater
Pyganodon grandis simpsoniana
salamander mussel 2
Simpsonaias ambigua
Creeper 2
Strophitus undulatus

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