False Spike

A deep brown mussel with a vertical stripe of crusty green sits on a sandy shore.
Photo By/Credit

Clint Robertson/Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Date Shot/Created
10/05/2011
Media Usage Rights/License
Some Rights Reserved
Image
The False Spike is a medium-sized freshwater mussel native to the Guadalupe River Basin in Texas. Photo by Clint Robertson, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Facility
Austin Ecological Services Field Office
Ecosystem
River/stream
Species
Quincuncina mitchelli
Subject tags
At-risk species
Freshwater mussels