Epioblasma florentina curtisii NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.
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FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video. The genus Epioblasma included 25 species & subspecies, and is the 4th largest genus of North American mussels. However, more than half of these are extinct and many others are endangered. At left is the last known living specimen of Epioblasma florentina curtisii, a male found in the Little Black River, Ripley Co. MO. in 1993. The oval shell of Curtis’ pearlymussel, Epioblasma florentina curtisii, is usually less than 1.5 in (3.8 cm) in length, with males being slightly larger than females. The valve end of the shell is bluntly pointed and biangular, the front smoothly rounded.
