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Common Name: |
Spike
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| Scientific Name: | Elliptio dilatata
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| Length & Habitat: | Up to 5 Inches / Small to Large Streams in Mud or Gravel & Sometimes in Lake Mud
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| Comment: | Threatened in Illinois. This species has an elliptical shell which is greenish-brown in younger speciments but becomes dark brown to black with age.
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