A great place to start if you’re interested in researching freshwater mussels is the book:

Strayer, D. L.  2008.  Freshwater Mussel Ecology: A Multifactor Approach to Distribution and Abundance.  University of California Press.  204 pp.

There are hundreds of websites devoted to freshwater mussels.  We’ve included a few links to some of the ones we visit most often. Many of these have great sources of additional links to other websites.

• Freshwater Mussels: A Neglected and Declining Aquatic Resource – JD Williams and RJ Neves (a pdf)
• Field Guide to Freshwater Mussels of the Midwest – Kevin Cummings, Ill. Natural History Survey
• Freshwater Mussels of the Upper Mississippi River System – US Fish & Wildlife Service
• Mussels of Minnesota – Minnesota DNR
• The MUSSEL Project – Classification of the freshwater mussels – Kevin Cummings and Dan Graf
• Freshwater Mussel (Unionida) Genera of the World – Kevin Cummings, Ill. Natural History Survey
• Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Links Page – Kevin Cummings, IL Natural History Survey
• Freshwater Mussel Gallery – Tom Watters, Ohio State
• Unio Gallery – Chris Barnhardt, Southwest Missouri State University
• Fish Host Database  – Tom Watters, Ohio State University
• The Pearl Button Industry – 4th Grade Class Project – Jan Hartsock, Instructor – Washington Elementary School – Muscatine Iowa
• Conchologist of America
• Freshwater Mollusk Bibliography– Kevin Cummings – IL Natural History Survey
• Zebra mussel information – US government link