Found on the shore of Cayuga Lake at Allan Treman State Park.
Seen on Lake Erie shoreline.
One of several shells observed in spring of 2020 during the annual draining of the canal.
A deformed juvenile Fragile Heelsplitter mussel, found fresh dead, frozen remains still inside, on the exposed bank of the Erie Canal at Nelson Goehle park.
A Fatmucket mussel with invasive quagga and zebra mussels attached. The invasive mussels were removed and the Fatmucket returned...
A living Fatmucket mussel, heavily infested with quagga mussels, observed on March 30, 2016. I removed the invasive quagga mussels and returned the Fatmucket. Despite zebra and quagga mussels being present in the Erie Canal for over 25 years, atleast 5 species of native mussels continue to survive here...
A Fatmucket mussel with a few invasive quagga mussels and a single zebra mussel attached. The invasive mussels were removed and the Fatmucket returned...
Found along the shore of Chautauqua Lake. Unclear if they were just from someone’s clam bake or if they’re a native species