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Species IUCN · Least Concern (LC)
Yellow Sandshell
Lampsilis teres, (Rafinesque, 1820)
freshwater
About Yellow Sandshell
Lampsilis teres, the yellow sandshell or slough sandshell, is a freshwater mussel native to the United States and Mexico. Although it is considered a species of least concern on the IUCN Red List, it is extirpated from (locally extinct) and endangered in parts of its range.
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