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Fresh water pearl mussel

Margaritifera Margaritifera

Description:

It has a Rough scratched shell that is hard and durable. Freshwater Pearl mussels live mostly in fast running streams and rivers. They are mostly buried into the soil in a river or stream. Freshwater pearl mussels mostly eats plankton from water columns.

Habitat:

In the Park River.

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Watkinson School
Spotted by a stud ent at Watkinson School

City of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Spotted on Nov 13, 2018
Submitted on Dec 17, 2018

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