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A volunteer searcher had also found a creek heelsplitter, which is on the state threatened-species list, just a couple miles upstream.
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In addition to Gulf sturgeon, ringed sawback turtles and heelsplitter mussels were among the dead.
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In addition to Gulf sturgeon, ringed sawback turtles and heelsplitter mussels were among the dead.
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Environmentalists also are concerned about an endangered freshwater mussel, the Carolina heelsplitter, found in creeks near the site.
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The creek heelsplitter, for example, one of the rare species found in the Kishwaukee watershed, used to be common in the northern third of the state.
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Turkey Creek and Stevens Creek, for example, are home to some of the rarest and most endangered freshwater mussels in the region, including the Carolina heelsplitter and the yellow lampsilis, which grows a fish-shaped appendage it dangles outside its shell to attract and eat small fish.
AugustaChronicle.com 2009
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WASHINGTON (CN) - The fatmucket, heelsplitter and pimpleback are three of the nine species of Texas mussels that may receive protection under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S.
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WASHINGTON (CN) - The fatmucket, heelsplitter and pimpleback are three of the nine species of Texas mussels that may receive protection under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S.
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