Anodonta

In the Connecticut River watershed, the alewife floater (Anodonta implicata) relies on anadromous fishes, American shad (Alosa sapidissima), alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), and blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis), as hosts.

Freshwater mussels in North America - factors affecting their endangerment and extinction 2009

"During a cloudburst hundreds of Anodonta anatina (L.) dropped on the pavement out of a rather strange black squall that suddenly appeared over Paderborn" and "in Chester (Pennsylvannia) masses of the tiny Gemma gemma dropped to the ground on June 6th 1869 during a heavy afternoon storm".

Archive 2006-11-01 AYDIN 2006

"During a cloudburst hundreds of Anodonta anatina (L.) dropped on the pavement out of a rather strange black squall that suddenly appeared over Paderborn" and "in Chester (Pennsylvannia) masses of the tiny Gemma gemma dropped to the ground on June 6th 1869 during a heavy afternoon storm".

It was raining mussels and clams AYDIN 2006

Certain molluscs were abundant; Planorbis declivis, Lymnoea pachygaster, Pisidium priscum, with occasional fragments of the mussel Anodonta lavateri.

Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous

Certain molluscs were abundant; Planorbis declivis, Lymnoea pachygaster, Pisidium priscum, with occasional fragments of the mussel Anodonta lavateri.

The Scientific Monthly, October-December 1915 Scientific Monthly 1915