Arcuate Pearly Mussel
Extinct circa 1988 CE • Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee
Image: Ferrell, John. Washington, D.C. Man Opening a Clam in the Fish Market. Digital image. Library of Congress Images, LC-USF34-011444-D. Mar. 1942. Web.
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