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[[Image:flatfloater.jpg|left|thumb|150px|]]FLAT FLOATER. Mussel. This species of mussel has a smooth, shiny, yellow or yellowish green to dark brown shell, with fine green rays in some individuals. The length | [[Image:flatfloater.jpg|left|thumb|150px|]]FLAT FLOATER. Mussel. This species of mussel has a smooth, shiny, yellow or yellowish green to dark brown shell, with fine green rays in some individuals. The length may reach up to 7 inches. | ||
The habitat includes ponds, lakes, or sluggish mud-bottomed pools of creeks and rivers. It is considered abundant in the floodplain lakes, sloughs, and oxbows of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and their tributaries. The young are hosted by largemouth bass, white crappie, longear sunfish and channel catfish. | The habitat includes ponds, lakes, or sluggish mud-bottomed pools of creeks and rivers. It is considered abundant in the floodplain lakes, sloughs, and oxbows of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and their tributaries. The young are hosted by largemouth bass, white crappie, longear sunfish and channel catfish. | ||
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Revision as of 23:33, 24 April 2009
FLAT FLOATER. Mussel. This species of mussel has a smooth, shiny, yellow or yellowish green to dark brown shell, with fine green rays in some individuals. The length may reach up to 7 inches.
The habitat includes ponds, lakes, or sluggish mud-bottomed pools of creeks and rivers. It is considered abundant in the floodplain lakes, sloughs, and oxbows of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and their tributaries. The young are hosted by largemouth bass, white crappie, longear sunfish and channel catfish.