Muscles-Shells in which pearls are often found, from Mill-Stone river in East-Jersey

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 66r

Notes:

The freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) is an endangered species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Margaritiferidae.

Millstone River flows from Carnegie Lake to the Raritan River at Zarephath, New Jersey.

Specimen Type:

Shells