Siphon inserted into gravid female golden riffleshell

Photo By/Credit

Eckert, Nathan/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
03/28/2007
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
The siphon being inserted between the two valves of a gravid female golden riffleshell (Epioblasma florentina aureola). Photo: Nathan Eckert, USFWS.
Species
Epioblasma florentina aureola
Subject tags
Work of the Service
Science
Rivers and streams
Restoration
Research
Freshwater mussels
Equipment
Ecosystem recovery
Biologists (USFWS)