wildlife species & conservation
Species Information and Status

 

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Federal and State Endangered
Appalachian elktoe Alasmidonta raveneliana
Carolina heelsplitter Lasmigona decorata
dwarf wedgemussel Alasmidonta heterodon
littlewing pearlymussel Pegias fabula
Tar River spinymussel Elliptio steinstansana

State Endangered
Atlantic pigtoe Fusconaia masoni
barrel floater Anodonta couperiana
brook floater Alasmidonta varicosa
Carolina creekshell Villosa vaughaniana
green floater Lasmigona subviridis
Savannah lilliput Toxolasma pullus
slippershell mussel Alasmidonta viridis
Tennessee heelsplitter Lasmigona holstonia
Tennessee pigtoe Fusconaia barnesiana
Waccamaw spike Elliptio waccamawensis
yellow lampmussel Lampsilis cariosa
yellow lance Elliptio lanceolata

State Threatened
alewife floater Anodonta implicata
Carolina fatmucket Lampsilis radiata conspicua
creeper Strophitus undulatus
eastern lampmussel Lampsilis radiata radiata
eastern pondmussel Ligumia nasuta
mountain creekshell Villosa vanuxemensis
Roanoke slabshell Elliptio roanokensis
tidewater mucket Leptodea ochracea
triangle floater Alasmidonta undulata
Waccamaw fatmucket Lampsilis fullerkati

State Special Concern
Cape Fear spike Elliptio marsupiobesa
notched rainbow Villosa constricta
pod lance Elliptio folliculata
rainbow Villosa iris
spike Elliptio dilatata
wavyrayed lampmussel Lampsilis fasciola

Significantly Rare (Natural Heritage Program)
eastern creekshell Villosa delumbis
purple wartyback Cyclonaias tuberculata

State Extirpated
Cumberland bean Villosa trabalis
Cumberland moccasinshell Medionidus conradicus
kidneyshell Ptychobranchus fasciolaris
oyster mussel Epioblasma capsaeformis
pheasantshell Actinonaias pectorosa
pimpleback Quadrula pustulosa
pistolgrip Tritogonia verrucosa
purple lilliput Toxolasma lividus
Wabash pigtoe Fusconaia flava

Globally Extinct
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Currently Stable or Status Undetermined
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