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Eastern Elliptio

Elliptio complanata

Description:

Up to 4 inches, these mussels are very common. They can live up to 100 years and have the American eel as a host fish.

Habitat:

Wherever American eels are.

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1 Comment

LindaBui
LindaBui 8 years ago

Cool! Where was this?

AshleyL
Spotted by
AshleyL

Spotted on Nov 19, 2015
Submitted on Nov 19, 2015

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