Appalachian elktoe

Photo By/Credit

Gary Peeples/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
06/24/2011
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Freshwater mussels live on the stream bottom, where they can use their single foot to slowly move about. Filter feeders open their shell slightly, bring water in from the river, filter it to get their food, then return clean water to the stream.