Fishing for Three-ridge mussel

The three-ridge is a thick-shelled freshwater mussel with a rounded-to-square, dark brown-to-black shell marked by several prominent raised ridges across the surface. Widespread and abundant, it inhabits the sand, mud, and gravel beds of rivers, streams, and lakes across central and eastern North America. The shell reaches about 7 inches. It lives partly buried, anchored in the substrate. This summary was AI generated