Educational resources on Orangefoot Pimpleback

Orangefoot Pimpleback or Plethobasus cooperianus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Critically Endangered due to A1ce+2ce. IUCN Profile of the Orangefoot Pimpleback

Academic web links for the Orangefoot Pimpleback.

Freshwater Mussels of the Midwest - Quadrula pustulosa
Quadrula pustulosa, INHS 11704. Iroquois River, Kankakee County, Illinois. Length: 2.2 inches (5.6 cm). Other common names Wartyback, warty pigtoe.
www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/musselmanual/page38_9.html

Freshwater Mussels of the Midwest - Plethobasus cooperianus
Plethobasus cooperianus, INHS 186. Cumberland River, Cumberland County, Kentucky. Length: 2.5 inches (6.4 cm). Other common names Orange-footed pearlymussel.
www.inhs.uiuc.edu/animals_plants/mollusk/musselmanual/page54_5.html

Case Study
Epioblasma penita), Stirrup shell (Quadrula stapes), Curtis Pearly mussel (Epioblasma florentina curtisi), Higgins' Eye mussel (lampsilis higginsi), Orangefoot Pimpleback (
www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/mussel.htm

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Orangefoot Pimpleback : 90 : 97: 90: 81 : 1: 1: 1: 1 : 94: A: 12: Iowa Pleistocene Snail: 80 : 87: 83: 86 : 1: 0: 0.5: 0.5 : 86: B: 13: note : 14 : 15 : Percentage converted to Final Grade
www.ux1.eiu.edu/~hli/nat_env/gradeweb.xls

INHS Mollusk Collection - Illinois Mollusks
Plethobasus cooperianus (Lea, 1834) - Orangefoot Pimpleback SE, FE Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820) - Sheepnose SE Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819) - Clubshell SE, FE
www.inhs.illinois.edu/animals_plants/mollusk/illmollusks.html