"The fresh-water mussel...the bivalve in motion in the mud with protruded foot (F.); nonte inhaland and exhalant apertures...u., the umbo." -Thomson, 1916

Freshwater Mussel

"The fresh-water mussel...the bivalve in motion in the mud with protruded foot (F.); nonte inhaland…

"The fresh-water mussel...the outside of the shell (right valve)...u., The umbo; L., the ligament; l.g., a line of growth; A., anterior (the blunter end); P., posterior; V., ventral." -Thomson, 1916

Freshwater Mussel

"The fresh-water mussel...the outside of the shell (right valve)...u., The umbo; L., the ligament; l.g.,…