Species Profiles:

Endangered Clams of North America**

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**Hawaiian endangered species are listed separately.

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Clams
Common Name	Range ***
Alabama Heelsplitter	Alabama, Louisiana
Alabama Lampmussel	Tennessee
Alabama Moccasinshell	Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi
Alabama Pearl Shell	Alabama
Altamaha Arcmussel	Georgia
Altamaha Pocketbook	Georgia
Altamaha Spinymussel	Georgia
Appalachian Elktoe	North Carolina, Tennessee
Appalachian Monkeyface Pearlymussel	Tennessee, Virginia
Arkansas Fatmucket	Arkansas
Atlantic Pigtoe	United States
Birdwing Pearlymussel	Tennessee, Virginia
Black Clubshell	Alabama, Mississippi
Carolina Heelsplitter	North Carolina, South Carolina
Catspaw Pearlymussel	Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee
Chipola Slabshell	Alabama, Florida
Clubshell	Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia
Coosa Moccasinshell	Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee
Cracking Pearlymussel	Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia
Cumberland Bean Pearlymussel	Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia
Cumberland Combshell	Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia
Cumberland Elktoe	Kentucky, Tennessee
Cumberland Monkeyface Pearlymussel	Tennessee, Virginia
Cumberland Pigtoe	Tennessee
Dark Pigtoe	Alabama
Dromedary Pearlymussel	Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia
Dwarf Wedgemussel	Canada (New Brunswick), United States
False Spike	Texas
Fanshell	Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
Fat Pocketbook	Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio
Fat Three-ridge Mussel	Florida, Georgia
Fine-lined Pocketbook	Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee
Fine-rayed Pigtoe Pearlymussel	Tennessee, Virginia
Flat Pigtoe	Alabama, Mississippi
Fuzzy Pigtoe	Alabama, Florida
Giant Clam	Asia, Australia, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic
Gulf Moccasinshell	Alabama, Florida, Georgia
Heavy Pigtoe	Alabama, Mississippi
Higgins Eye Pearlymussel	Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Wisconsin
James Spinymussel	Virginia, West Virginia
Littlewing Pearlymussel	Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
Louisiana Pearl Shell	Louisiana
Narrow Pigtoe	United States
Neosho Mucket	Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
Nicklin's Pearlymussel	Mexico
Ochlockonee Moccasinshell	Florida, Georgia
Orangefoot Pimpleback Pearlymussel	Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee
Ouachita Rock Pocketbook	Arkansas, Oklahoma
Oval Pigtoe	Alabama, Florida, Georgia
Ovate Clubshell	Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee
Oyster Mussel	Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
Painted Clubshell	Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee
Pale Lilliput Pearlymussel	Alabama, Tennessee
Pink Mucket Pearlymussel	Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
Pink Ring Mussel	Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia
Purple Bankclimber	Alabama, Florida, Georgia
Purple Bean	Tennessee, Virginia
Rio Grande Monkeyface	New Mexico, Texas
Rough Pigtoe	Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia
Rough Rabbitsfoot	Tennessee, Virginia
Rough Rockshell	Kentucky, Tennessee
Round Ebonyshell	Alabama, Florida
Salina Mucket	Texas
Scaleshell Mussel	Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Wisconsin
Shiny Pigtoe	Tennessee, Virginia
Shinyrayed Pocketbook	Alabama, Florida, Georgia
Southern Acornshell	Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee
Southern Clubshell	Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee
Southern Combshell	Alabama, Mississippi
Southern Giant Clam	American Samoa, Asia, Australia, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic
Southern Kidneyshell	Alabama, Florida
Southern Pigtoe	Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee
Speckled Pocketbook	Arkansas
Stirrupshell	Alabama, Mississippi
Suwannee Moccasinshell	Florida
Tampico Pearlymussel	Mexico
Tar River Spinymussel	North Carolina
Tennessee Clubshell	Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
Texas Heelsplitter	Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas
Texas Hornshell	Mexico (Coahuila), Texas
Triangular Kidneyshell	Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee
Tubercled Blossom Pearlymussel	Alabama, Canada (Ontario), Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
Turgid Blossom Pearlymussel	Tennessee
Upland Combshell	Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee
Virginia Pigtoe	North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
Western Fanshell Mussel	Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri
White Wartyback Pearlymussel	Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee
Winged Mapleleaf	Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio
Yellow Blossom Pearlymussel	Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
Yellow Lampmussel	Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia), United States
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**Hawaiian endangered species are listed separately.

***What clams are listed here?:

The North America section of this site lists the folllowing clams appearing on select endangered species lists:

• Clams that dwell in or migrate to any part of the North American continent, except Hawaii, which has its own section.
• Clams of Greenland and adjacent Atlantic islands.
• Clams of the Mexican Holarctic.
• Clams of the Gulf of Maine.

In some cases, the creatures listed in this section may also be found on other continents or in other areas, which is why you may see additional areas noted in the range column.

Disclaimer: This list combines species from several endangered species lists. Using the total count of species found on this site as an official count of endangered species of the world is not recommended. For more information on what creatures are listed on this site, please visit our About Us page.