Aquatic Molluscs

These aquatic mollusc species are known or likely to occur in Virginia mountain areas. 

For each species, there is an online "booklet".   To access a booklet, highlight and copy the common name from the list below click here and paste into the species name box.  [NB: The first time you click, you may get a welcome page.  You can close that page and click again, which should put you on the correct page.  Or you can navigate to the correct page by selecting the Species Information option and then the Species Booklet option.]

	Common Name	Scientific name	Status*
	Bean (pearlymussel), Cumberland	Villosa trabalis	FESE
	Bean, purple	Villosa perpurpurea	FESE
	Bean, rayed	Villosa fabalis	FS
	Blossom (pearlymussel), green	Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum	FESE
	Clubshell, Tennessee	Pleurobema oviforme	FS
	Combshell, Cumberlandian	Epioblasma brevidens	FESE
	Deertoe	Truncilla truncata	SE
	Elephant-ear	Elliptio crassidens	SE
	Elktoe	Alasmidonta marginata	FSSS
	Fanshell	Cyprogenia stegaria	FESE
	Floater, brook	Alasmidonta varicosa	FSSE
	Floater, green	Lasmigona subviridis	FSSS
	Ghostsnail, thankless	Holsingeria unthanksensis	FSSE
	Heelsplitter, Tennessee	Lasmigona holstonia	FSSE
	Hornsnail, bottle	Pleurocera gradata
	Kidneyshell, fluted	Ptychobranchus subtentum	FC
	Lance, yellow	Elliptio lanceolata	FSSS
	Lilliput, purple	Toxolasma lividus	FSSE
	Longsolid	Fusconaia subrotunda	FS
	Monkeyface (pearlymussel), Appalachian	Quadrula sparsa	FESE
	Monkeyface (pearlymussel), Cumberland	Quadrula intermedia	FESE
	Mucket (pearlymussel), pink	Lampsilis abrupta	FESE
	Mussel, Alabama rainbow	Villosa nebulosa
	Mussel, Carolina slabshell	Elliptio congaraea
	Mussel, Cumberland leafshell	Epioblasma stewardsoni
	Mussel, Cumberland moccasinshell	Medionidus conradicus
	Mussel, acornshell	Epioblasma haysiana
	Mussel, creeper	Strophitus undulatus
	Mussel, eastern elliptio	Elliptio complanata
	Mussel, eastern floater	Pyganodon cataracta cataracta
	Mussel, eastern pond	Ligumia nasuta
	Mussel, fluted - shell	Lasmigona costata
	Mussel, kidneyshell	Ptychobranchus fasciolaris
	Mussel, mountain creekshell	Villosa vanuxemensis
	Mussel, mucket	Actinonaias ligamentina
	Mussel, notched rainbow	Villosa constricta
	Mussel, oyster	Epioblasma capsaeformis	FESE
	Mussel, pheasantshell	Actinonaias pectorosa
	Mussel, pink heelsplitter	Potamilus alatus
	Mussel, pistolgrip	Tritogonia verrucosa
	Mussel, plain pocketbook	Lampsilis cardium
	Mussel, pocketbook	Lampsilis ovata
	Mussel, purple wartyback	Cyclonaias tuberculata
	Mussel, rainbow	Villosa iris
	Mussel, round pigtoe	Pleurobema sintoxia
	Mussel, slippershell	Alasmidonta viridis	SE
	Mussel, southern pondhorn	Uniomerus obesus
	Mussel, spike	Elliptio dilatata
	Mussel, threeridge	Amblema plicata plicata
	Mussel, wavy-rayed lamp	Lampsilis fasciola
	Papershell, fragile	Leptodea fragilis	ST
	Pearlymussel, birdwing	Conradilla caelata	FESE
	Pearlymussel, cracking	Hemistena lata	FESE
	Pearlymussel, dromedary	Dromus dromas	FESE
	Pearlymussel, little-wing	Pegias fabula	FESE
	Pearlymussel, slabside	Lexingtonia dolabelloides	FCST
	Pigtoe, Atlantic	Fusconaia masoni	FSST
	Pigtoe, Ohio	Pleurobema cordatum	FSSE
	Pigtoe, Tennessee	Fusconaia barnesiana	FSSS
	Pigtoe, Virginia	Lexingtonia subplana	FS
	Pigtoe, fine-rayed	Fusconaia cuneolus	FESE
	Pigtoe, pink (= pyramid)	Pleurobema rubrum	FSSE
	Pigtoe, shiny	Fusconaia cor	FESE
	Pimpleback	Quadrula pustulosa pustulosa	ST
	Rabbitsfoot, rough	Quadrula cylindrica strigillata	FESE
	Riffleshell, tan	Epioblasma florentina walkeri	FESE
	Riversnail, spiny	Io fluvialis	FSST
	Sandshell, black	Ligumia recta	ST
	Sheepnose	Plethobasus cyphyus	FSST
	Snail, spider elimia	Elimia arachnoidea spinella
	Snuffbox	Epioblasma triquetra	FSSE
	Spectaclecase	Cumberlandia monodonta	FSSE
	Spinymussel, James (= Virginia)	Pleurobema collina	FESE

* Status Definitions: 

FE - Endangered on the Federal listing
FT - Threatened on the Federal listing
FP - Proposed for the Federal listing
FC - Candidate for the Federal listing
FS - Species of Special Concern for Federal agencies
SE - Endangered on the Virginia listing
ST - Threatened on the Virginia listing
SC - Candidate for the Virginia listing
SS - Species of Special Concern for Virginia agencies