2025 NC Wildlife Action Plan

Appendix 3 Table 3-18 Freshwater Mussels

Chapter 3 North Carolina Species

Table 3-18 FRESHWATER MUSSELS

Habitat Associations by Ecoregion

2025 WAP Revision Aquatic SGCN - Habitat Associations

Scientific Name

Common Name

2

4 2

Utterbackiana implicata Alasmidonta raveneliana

Alewife Floater

X X X X X X X X

X

T E T E E

2

2

Appalachian Elktoe

X X X X X X X

H

E

3

2 5 1 1

Fusconaia masoni

Atlantic Pigtoe Barrel Floater Brook Floater Cape Fear Spike

VH T

X X X

H H

Anodonta couperiana Alasmidonta varicosa Elliptio marsupiobesa Sagittunio vaughanianus Lasmigona decorata

2 4

3

2 3

Y

SC

5 1

3 2 3

Carolina Creekshell Carolina Heelsplitter Chameleon Lampmussel

H

E E

4 1

VH E

X X X X

Lampsilis sp. 2

2 4

2 8

Strophitus undulatus

Creeper

T E

X

X

4

2

Alasmidonta heterodon

Dwarf Wedgemussel Eastern Creekshell Eastern Lampmussel Eastern Pondmussel

E

X X X

4 2 1 3 4

Villosa delumbis Lampsilis radiata Sagittunio nasutus

X X X X X X

6

4 7

T T

1 1 3 5

1

1 3 2 7

Southern Rainbow

Villosa vibex

X X X

2 3

Lasmigona subviridis

Green Floater

M PT

E E E E T

X X

2

1 1 2

James Spinymussel

H

E

Parvaspina collina

X X

X X

2 2

Pegias fabula

Littlewing Pearlymussel

VH E

Fusconaia subrotunda

Longsolid

H

T

X X

7

4 6

Notched Rainbow Pink Heelsplitter

Venustaconcha constricta

X X

X X

1

SC SC

Potamilus alatus Elliptio folliculata

4

5 2

H

Pod Lance

X X X

1 4

1 2

Cyclonaias tuberculata

Purple Wartyback

E T

X X

X X

Rainbow

Cambarunio iris

2 4 4

2 2 3 5 2 3

H

Lampsilis splendida Elliptio roanokensis Toxolasma pullus Alasmidonta viridis

Rayed Pink Fatmucket Roanoke Slabshell Savannah Lilliput Slippershell Mussel

X

SC

X X X

H H

E E

X X X X X X

X

1 2

2 3

Spike

SC

Eurynia dilatata

X

1

2 2

Tar River Spinymussel Tennessee Clubshell

Y

VH E H PE H PE

E E E T T

Parvaspina steinstansana Pleurobema oviforme

2 2

3 1

Tennessee Pigtoe Tidewater Mucket Triangle Floater Uwharrie Elktoe

Pleuronaia barnesiana

6 5 2 6

Atlanticoncha ochracea

X X X X

4 2

Alasmidonta undulata

1

Y

Alasmidonta uwharriensis

X X X

2 1 3 1

Waccamaw Fatmucket

Lampsilis fullerkati

Waccamaw Spike

Elliptio waccamawensis

X

7

3

SC

Lampsilis fasciola

Wavyrayed Lampmussel

See Excel file for detailed habitat associations

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