Taxon
|
Common name
|
Abundance
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Dreissenidae*
|
|
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Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)
|
zebra mussel
|
common
|
Dreissena bugensis (Andrusov, 1897)
|
quagga mussel
|
uncommon
|
|
|
|
|
Unionidae
|
|
|
Alasmidonta heterodon (Lea, 1830)
|
dwarf wedgemussel
|
rare
|
Alasmidonta undulata (Say, 1817)
|
triangle floater
|
common
|
Alasmidonta varicosa (Lamarck, 1819)
|
brook floater
|
rare
|
Anodonta implicata (Say, 1829)
|
alewife floater
|
uncommon
|
Elliptio complanata (Lightfoot, 1786)
|
eastern elliptio
|
abundant
|
Lampsilis cariosa (Say, 1817)
|
yellow lampmussel
|
rare
|
Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)
|
eastern lampmussel
|
common
|
Lasmigona subviridis
|
green floater
|
rare
|
Leptodea ochracea (Say, 1817)
|
tidewater mucket
|
rare
|
Ligumia nasuta (Say, 1817)
|
eastern pondmussel
|
uncommon
|
Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817)
|
eastern floater
|
abundant
|
Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)
|
creeper
|
common
|
Utterbeckia imbecillis (Say, 1829)
|
paper pondshell
|
common
|
Margaritiferidae
|
|
|
Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
|
eastern pearlshell
|
rare
|
|
|
|
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Corbiculidae*
|
|
|
Corbicula fluminea (Muller, 1774)
|
Asian clam
|
common
|
* Indicates invasive taxon
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New York Metropolitan Region and New Jersey
Freshwater Mussel Identification Handbook