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Natural History—Information Pages

Lamsilis Cariosa musselYellow Lampmussel
Last Summer we were honored to be the first in 40 years to find the Yellow Lampmussel in Connecticut. The specimen was photographed and carefully returned to its habitat, and the photos were sent to the DEP for confirmation. The mussel was a gravid female, just about to set seed.

The mussel (not the same individual) was found again by the DEP mussel survey team (3 specimens in this same area). And the species was found by us again twice in summer of 2007, in that same area.

Spring Wildflowers at Guiffrida Park