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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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