A live, freshwater mussel in the East Fork last summer. It's a type of papershell of which there is three different species identified in Indiana: pink, cylindrical, and fragile papershells. Mussel harvesting ended in 1991 in Indiana. It is illegal to take native freshwater mussels whether live or dead or their shells from Indiana waters. The presence of freshwater mussels and their species diversity is an indicator of stream health.
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