Representative Species Lists
Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Mussels | Reptiles
Photo Credit: Indiana DNR

Mussels

Clubshell (Pleurobema clava) in Wadeable/Large Rivers in the Eastern Corn Belt/Interior Plateau Ecoregions of the Ohio River Drainage Habitat

Creek Heelsplitter (Lasmigona compressa) in Wadeable/ Large Rivers of the Kankakee River (Illinois River) Drainage Habitat

Cylindrical Papershell (Anodontoides ferussacianus) in Headwaters in the Eastern Corn Belt/Interior Plateau Ecoregions of the Ohio River Drainage Habitat

Ellipse (Venustaconcha ellipsiformis) in Great Rivers of the Great Lakes Drainage Habitat

Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria) in Great Rivers of the Ohio River Drainage Habitat

Flat Floater (Anodonta suborbiculata) in Oxbows/ Backwaters/Sloughs/ Embayments Habitat

Giant Floater (Pyganodon grandis) in Natural Lakes Habitat

Hickorynut (Obovaria olivaria) in Great Rivers of the Ohio River Drainage Habitat

Lilliput (Toxolasma parvus) in Headwaters in the Eastern Corn Belt/Interior Plateau Ecoregions of the Ohio River Drainage Habitat

Mucket (Actinonaias ligamentina) in Wadeable/ Large Rivers of the Great Lakes Drainage Habitat

Paper Pondshell (Utterbackia imbecillis) in Aquatic Systems Impoundments Habitat

Pondhorn (Uniomerus tetralasmus) in Headwaters in the Interior River Lowland of the Ohio River Drainage Habitat

Pondmussel (Ligumia subrostrata) in Natural Lakes Habitat

Spike (Elliptio dilatata) in Wadeable/Large Rivers in the Eastern Corn Belt/Interior Plateau Ecoregions of the Ohio River Drainage Habitat

Threeridge (Amblema plicata) in Headwaters of the Kankakee River (Illinois River) Drainage Habitat

Yellow Sandshell (Lampsilis teres) in Wadeable/Large Rivers in the Interior River Lowland of the Ohio River Drainage Habitat