Mussels
of the Chippewa National Forest
| Name | aka | Status | Habitat | Hosts | CNF Records bold=after 1980 |
| Fusconaia flava Wabash pigtoe |
3 CNF sites | Streams, rivers and lakes; mud, sand, gravel | Crappies, bluegills | Leech Lake | |
| Utterbackia imbecillis Paper pondshell |
Anodonta imbecillus | 2 CNF sites | Lakes, ponds and slugish nud bottoms, pools of creeks and rivers. Prefers quiet water | Bluegills, sunfish, pumpkin seeds, crappies, chubs, bass, perch, shiners | Bigfork River |
| Pyganodon grandis Giant floater |
Anodonta grandis | Lakes, ponds adn lsuggish mud-bottomed pools of creeks and rivers and other habitats | numerous | Leech (dead), Shingobee (dead) Bigfork, and Mississippi Rivers; Cass, Winnie, Leech, Buck, Wabana, N. Star Lake | |
| Anodontoides ferussacianus Cylandrical papershell |
Anodontoides modesta | Streams and headwtaers; in mud, sand or bedrock | Shiners, bluntnose and fathead minnow, brook stickleback, sucker, bass, bluegill, crappie. | Bigfork Boy (dead), Leech, Shingobee (dead), Turtle, Mississippi Rivers, Cass, Leech, Ten Mile, Wabana, North and Little N. Star Lakes | |
| Strophitus undulatus Squawfoot |
S.rugosus S.edentuluspavonius |
1 @ Bigfork, Shingobee (dead) | Streams and rivers in mud sand or gravel; riffles and pools | Creek chub, large mouth bass, sunfish | Bigfork and Shingobee Rivers (dead) |
| Lasmigona complanata White heelsplitter |
Lakes, rivers, streams. Pools with mud, sand or fine gravle bottom | Carp, sunfish, largemouth bass, crappie | Bigfork River | ||
| Lasmigona costata Fluted-shell |
MN sp. concern | Sand, fine gravel, mud, with slow flow | Carp, pike, bluegill, bass, perch, walleye | Just outside of forest on Bigfork River | |
| Lasmigona compressa Creek heel splitter |
rare MN sp. concern |
Creeks or small to medium rivers; fine gravel or sand adjacent to current | Spotfin shiner, slimy sculpin, crappie, perch | Leech Lake, Mississippi, Bigfork and Shingobee(dead) Rivers | |
| Ligumia recta Black sandshell |
Lampsilis recta | uncommon MN sp. concern |
Lakes, rivers and streams; sand, mud or gravel near current | Largemouth bass, bluegill, sauger, walleye, crappie | Bigfork, Leech, Mississippi, Turtle and Boy (dead) Rivers |
| Lampsilis siliquoidea Fatmucket |
Lampsilis radiata luteola Lampsilis radiata siliquoidea |
common | Lakes and small to medium streams; mud, sand or gravel, Ubiquitous | Crappie, bluegill, pumpkinseed, bass, perch, sauger, walleye, shiner, sucker | Leech, Boy, Bigfork , Shingobee (dead), Turtle, Mississippi Rivers; Winnie, Cass, Leech, Laure, Ten Mile, Trout, Wabana, North Star Lakes |
| Lampsilis cardium Plain pocketbook |
Lampsilis ventricosa | common | Lakes, streams and rivers; sandy mud, or gravle; quiet water | Bass, bluegill, sauger, walleye, crappie, perch. | Leech, Boy (dead), N. Turtle, Turtle, Bigfork, Mississippi, Shingobee (dead) |