Wabash Pigtoe

Fusconaia flava, the Wabash pigtoe, is a freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae. This species occurs in southern Manitoba and Ontario, Canada as well as in the eastern and midwestern United States from North Dakota to New York, south to Mississippi and Texas.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Wabash Pigtoe being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Fusconaia cerina
• Pleurobema sintoxia
• Truncilla truncata
• Fusconaia escambia
• Plethobasus cyphyus
• Obliquaria reflexa

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Unionida

Family

Unionidae

Genus

Fusconaia

Species

Fusconaia flava

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