Jan Hamrsky / Swan mussel (Anodonta cygnea) burrowing into the sand, Europe, August. Controlled conditions.
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Jan Hamrsky / Swan mussel (Anodonta cygnea) burrowing into the sand, Europe, August. Controlled conditions.
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Jan Hamrsky / Swan mussel (Anodonta cygnea) burrowing into the sand, Europe, August. Controlled conditions.
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MYN / Dirk Funhoff / European Bitterling (Rhodeus amarus) and Swan Mussel (Anodonta cygnea), Unterjeckenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, June. meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Dirk Funhoff / European Bitterling (Rhodeus amarus) and Swan Mussel (Anodonta cygnea), Unterjeckenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, June. meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Dirk Funhoff / European Bitterling (Rhodeus amarus) and Swan Mussel (Anodonta cygnea), Unterjeckenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, June. meetyourneighbours.net project
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MYN / Paul van Hoof / Duck mussel (Anodonta anatina) The Netherlands, October. Meetyourneighbours.net project
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Painter's mussel (Unio pictorum) in small tributary to old Danube. Danube Delta, Romania, June.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Painter's mussel (Unio pictorum) in small tributary to old Danube. Danube Delta, Romania, June.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Painter's mussel (Unio pictorum) in small tributary of Danube river. Danube Delta, Romania, June.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Painter's mussel (Unio pictorum) in small tributary of Danube river. Danube Delta, Romania, June.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Painter's mussel (Unio pictorum) in small tributary of Danube river. Danube Delta, Romania, June.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Painter's mussel (Unio pictorum) in small tributary of Danube river. Danube Delta, Romania, June.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Eastern lampmussel (Lampsilis radiata) portrait, Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center, Virginia, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Two Eastern lampmussels (Lampsilis radiata) portrait, Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center, Virginia, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Alewife floater (Utterbackiana implicata) portrait, Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center, Virginia, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Eastern pondmussel (Sagittunio nasutus) portrait, Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center, Virginia, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Alewife floater (Utterbackiana implicata) portrait, Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center, Virginia, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Eastern floater mussel (Pyganodon cataracta) portrait, Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center, Virginia, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Eastern floater mussel (Pyganodon cataracta) portrait, Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center, Virginia, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Slabside pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides) portrait, Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center, Virginia, USA. Captive, occurs in Tennessee. Endangered.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Slabside pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides) portrait, Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center, Virginia, USA. Captive, occurs in Tennessee. Endangered.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Elktoe mussel (Alasmidonta marginata) portrait, Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center, Virginia, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Mountain creekshell (Villosa vanuxemensis) portrait from the Clinch River, Tennessee. Photographed at the Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center, Virginia, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Mountain creekshell (Villosa vanuxemensis) portrait from the Clinch River, Tennessee. Photographed at the Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center, Virginia, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Pocketbook mussel (Lampsilis ovata) female, from the Clinch River, Virginia. This is a female, displaying her mantle lure, made to mimic a bait fish. Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center, Virginia, US...
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Colourful painted creekshell (Cambarunio taeniatus taeniatus) portrait, from North Fork Creek, Tennessee, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Spectaclecase mussel (Cumberlandia monodonta) portrait, from the St. Croix River, Minnesota, USA. Endangered.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Deertoe mussels (Truncilla truncata) pair, portrait, male on left, from the St. Croix River, Minnesota, USA. Endangered.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Pistolgrip mussel (Tritogonia verrucosa) male, portrait, from the St. Croix River, Minnesota, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Pistolgrip mussels (Tritogonia verrucosa) pair, portrait, male on right, from the St. Croix River, Minnesota, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Giant floater mussel (Pyganodon grandis) juvenile, portrait, from the St. Croix River, Minnesota, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Giant floater mussel (Pyganodon grandis) aged 11 years, portrait, from the St. Croix River, Minnesota, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Giant floater mussel (Pyganodon grandis) aged 11 years, portrait, from the St. Croix River, Minnesota, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Spike mussel (Eurynaia dilatata) portrait, from the St. Croix River, Minnesota, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Monkeyface mussel (Theliderma metanevra) portrait, from the St. Croix River, Minnesota, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Monkeyface mussel (Theliderma metanevra) portrait, from the St. Croix River, Minnesota, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Flutedshell mussel (Lasmigona costata) portrait, from the St. Croix River, Minnesota, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Hickorynut mussel (Obovaria olivaria) portrait, from the St. Croix River, Minnesota, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Five Appalachian monkeyface mussels (Theliderma sparsa) juvenile, portrait, Marion Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center. Captive, originally from Powell River, Tennessee, USA. Critically endangered.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Appalachian monkeyface mussel (Theliderma sparsa) portrait, Marion Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center. Captive, originally from Powell River, Tennessee, USA. Critically endangered.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Appalachian monkeyface mussel (Theliderma sparsa) portrait, Marion Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center. Captive, originally from Powell River, Tennessee, USA. Critically endangered.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Longsolid mussel (Fusconaia subrotunda) larvae, portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Appalachian elktoe mussel (Alasmidonta raveneliana) portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center, North Carolina, USA. Captive. Critically endangered.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Creeper mussel (Strophitus undulatus) portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center. Captive, originally from Little River, North Carolina, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Longsolid mussel (Fusconaia subrotunda) portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center. Captive, originally from Little River, North Carolina, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Creeper mussel (Strophitus undulatus) portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center. Captive, originally from Little River, North Carolina, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Creeper mussel (Strophitus undulatus) portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center. Captive, originally from Nolichuky Basin, Tennessee, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Creeper mussel (Strophitus undulatus) portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center. Captive, originally from Catawba River, North Carolina, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Naiad mussel (Lasmigona subviridis) portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center. Captive, originally from Little River, North Carolina, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Two Carolina creekshell mussels (Villosa vaughaniana) portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center, North Carolina, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Carolina heelsplitter mussel (Lasmigona decorata) portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center, North Carolina, USA. Critically endangered.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Notched rainbow mussel (Villosa constricta) portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center, North Carolina, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Notched rainbow mussel (Villosa constricta) portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center, North Carolina, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Yellow lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa) portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center. Captive, originally from South Flat River, North Carolina, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Pocketbook mussel (Lampsilis ovata) portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center, North Carolina, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Atlantic pigtoe mussel (Fusconaia masoni) portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center. Captive, originally from Fishing Creek, North Carolina, USA. Endangered.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Tar River spinymussel (Parvaspina steinstansana) portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center. Captive, originally from Little Fishing Creek, North Carolina, USA. Critically endangered.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Eastern elliptio mussel (Elliptio complanata) portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center. Captive, originally from Johns River, North Carolina, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Two Slippershell mussels (Alasmidonta viridis) portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center, North Carolina, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Yellow lance mussel (Elliptio lanceolata) portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center, North Carolina, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Wavyrayed lampmussel (Lampsilis fasciola) female, portrait, Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center, North Carolina, USA. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Rainbow mussel (Villosa iris) portrait, from the wild, Little River, Maryville, Tennessee, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Tennessee clubshell (Villosa cf. oviforme) portrait, from the wild, Little River, Maryville, Tennessee, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Rainbow mussel (Villosa iris) portrait, from the wild, Little River, Maryville, Tennessee, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Wavyrayed lampmussel (Lampsilis fasciola) portrait, from the wild, Little River, Maryville, Tennessee, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Mountain creekshell (Villosa vanuxemensis) portrait, from the wild, Little River, Maryville, Tennessee, USA.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Rainbow mussel (Villosa iris) portrait, from the wild, Little River, Maryville, Tennessee, USA.
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Will Watson / Swan mussel (Anodonta cygnea) in freshwater puddle formed by a plough track, Berrington Hall Pool, SSSI, National Trust, Herefordshire, England, UK. January.
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Will Watson / Swan mussel (Anodonta cygnea) in freshwater puddled formed by a plough track, Berrington Hall Pool, SSSI, National Trust, Herefordshire, England, UK. January.
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Will Watson / Swan mussel (Anodonta cygnea) dorsal view, on white background, Berrington Hall Pool SSSI, Herefordshire, England, UK. January. Focus stacked controlled conditions.
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Will Watson / Swan mussel (Anodonta cygnea) dorsal margin view, featuring umbo and ligament, Berrington Hall Pool SSSI, Herefordshire, England, UK. January. Focus stacked controlled conditions.
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Will Watson / Swan mussel (Anodonta cygnea) interior view of valves showing Mother of pearl, Berrington Hall Pool SSSI, National Trust, Herefordshire, England, UK. January. Focus stacked under controlled conditions...
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Will Watson / Swan mussel (Anodonta cygnea) in muddy pool, Berrington Hall Pool SSSI, National Trust, Herefordshire, England, UK. January. Focus stacked under controlled conditions.
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Will Watson / Swan mussel (Anodonta cygnea), juvenile, dorsal view on white background, Berrington Hall Pool SSSI, Herefordshire, England, UK. January. Focus stacked under controlled conditions.
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Will Watson / Swan mussel (Anodonta cygnea) dorsal view, on white background, Berrington Hall Pool SSSI, National Trust, Herefordshire, England, UK. January. Focus stacked under controlled conditions.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Wavy-rayed lampmussel (Lampsilis fasciola) female waving her mantle lure to attract a fish. Once the lure is bitten by a real fish, she injects her glochidia (microscopic babies) into the fish's gills...
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Chris Shields / Illustration of Depressed mussel (Anadonta complanata)