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The MUSSEL Project, or MUSSELp for short, is a collaboration to provide resources to study the classification and evolution of freshwater bivalves, especially freshwater mussels. mussel-project.net

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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
TBT. Way back in September 2011, the Mussel of the Month was Unionetta fabagina! #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp — musselpdb.org/motm/2011/11... 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A green-brown pair of valves on a purple background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
TBT. Back in September 2016, the Mussel of the Month was Glebula rotundata! #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp — musselpdb.org/motm/2016/16... 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A pretty blah, round single valve with iridescent nacre on a colorful background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The September 2026 Mussel of the Month is Hyriopsis myersiana: What’s in a name? Well, Shakespeare, Limnoscaphini doesn’t smell as sweet as Rectidentini. Read more and subscribe for free at musselproject.substack.com or mussel-project.net #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
Brown alate valves with white nacre on a green and purple background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
TBT. Way back in August 2011, the Mussel of the Month was Friersonia iridella! #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp — musselpdb.org/motm/2011/11... 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A yellow-green pair of valves with fine green rays and iridescent nacre on a red-yellow-green background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
TBT. Back in August 2016, the Mussel of the Month was Callonaia duprei! #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp — musselpdb.org/motm/2016/16... 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A yellowish brown pair of valves with white nacre on a yellowish background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
TBT. Way back in August 2021, the Mussel of the Month was Obovaria olivaria! #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp — musselpdb.org/motm/2021/21... 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
Big, thick pair of greenish-brown valves with green rays and white nacre on a pink background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The August 2026 Mussel of the Month is “Unio” cathaicus: We have to look into the past to bring a perfectly good species name back to our present. Read more and subscribe for free at musselproject.substack.com or mussel-project.net #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A pair of greenish valves on a black background with two trails of fire.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
TBT. Way back in July 2006, the Mussel of the Month was Castalia ambigua! #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp — musselpdb.org/motm/2006/06... 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A brown pair of valves with radial sculpture and white nacre on a brown background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
TBT. Back in July 2011, the Mussel of the Month was Fossula fossiculifera! #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp — musselpdb.org/motm/2011/11... 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A pair of brown bivalve shells with iridescent nacre on a green background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
TBT. Back in July 2016, the Mussel of the Month was Pressidens exanthematicus (née moellendorffi)! #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp — musselpdb.org/motm/2016/16... 🧪
A pair of brown valves on a colorful background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
TBT. Back in July 2021, the Mussel of the Month was Ensidens dugasti! #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp — musselpdb.org/motm/2021/21... 🧪
A pointy, olive-brown pair of valves with iridescent nacre on a yellow and orange background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The July 2026 Mussel of the Month is Iridea granosa: A new genus in the Family Hyriidae, but the hyriid phylogeny still has some fuzzy edges. Read more and subscribe for free at musselproject.substack.com or mussel-project.net #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A bumpy brown shell with iridescent nacre on a colorful background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
TBT. Way back in June 2011, the Mussel of the Month was Ctenodesma scheibeneri! #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp — musselpdb.org/motm/2011/11... 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A dark brown pair of valves with some wavy sculpture and dark green rays on a blue background.
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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
“We’ve only had 114 years to do something, let our kids sort it out!”
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The June 2026 Mussel of the Month is Elliptio complanata: A mussel at the intersection of brooding period & biogeography. Read more and subscribe for free at musselproject.substack.com or mussel-project.net #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪
A pair of brown valves with slightly purple nacre on a pink and purple background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
TBT. Way back in May 2011, the Mussel of the Month was Obovaria unicolor! #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp — musselpdb.org/motm/2011/11... 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A pair of brown valves with white nacre on a red background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
TBT. Way back in May 2016, the Mussel of the Month was Iheringella semisulcata! #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp — musselpdb.org/motm/2016/16... 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A greenish-yellow pair of valves with faint green rays on a green and yellow background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
TBT. Back in May 2021, the Mussel of the Month was Haasica balzani! #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp — musselpdb.org/motm/2021/21... 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A brown pair of valves with white nacre on a blue snow-flake pattern.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The May 2026 Mussel of the Month is Pseudodon mekongi: At least, that is what it is called today. Read more and subscribe for free at musselproject.substack.com or mussel-project.net #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A pair of cracked, brown valves with iridescent nacre on a DNA-themed background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
TBT. Way back in April 2006, the Mussel of the Month was Nyassunio nyassaensis! #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp — musselpdb.org/motm/2006/06... 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A wrinkled brown pair of valves with white nacre on a background of freshwater mussel shells.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
TBT. Way back in April 2011, the Mussel of the Month was Chambardia wissmanni! #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp — musselpdb.org/motm/2011/11... 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A heavy brown pair of valves with iridescent nacre on a red African pattern.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
TBT. Back in April 2021, the Muscle of the Month was the posterior adductor muscle of Theliderma intermedia! — musselpdb.org/motm/2021/21... #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The April 2026 Mussel of the Month is Brachyanodon impura: Finally, the genus Anodonta is only for species of Anodonta. Read more and subscribe for free at musselproject.substack.com or mussel-project.net #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A yellow pair of valves with white nacre on the blue Mexican pattern background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
TBT. Way back in March 2006, the Mussel of the Month was Mutela rostrata! — musselpdb.org/motm/2006/06... #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A greenish pair of valves with pink nacre on a colorful background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
TBT. Back in March 2011, the Mussel of the Month was Sinanodonta woodiana! — musselpdb.org/motm/2011/11... #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A green and yellow pair of valves with white nacre on a green and red background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
TBT. Back in March 2016, the Mussel of the Month was Hyridella glenelgensis! — musselpdb.org/motm/2016/16... #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
Some brown sculptured shells on an old map of Australia.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
TBT. Back in March 2021, the Mussel of the Month was Sundadontina cumingii! — musselpdb.org/motm/2021/21... #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A brown pair of valves on a floral background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The March 2026 Mussel of the Month is Globunio mirificus: A new species in a new genus in a new subtribe. Read more and subscribe for free at musselproject.substack.com or mussel-project.net #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A yellow shell with green rays and an angular ventral margin on a green background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
TBT. Way back in February 2011, the Mussel of the Month was Ctenodesma scheibeneri! — musselpdb.org/motm/2011/11... #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A brown sculptured shell on a blue-green-red background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
TBT. Back in February 2021, the Mussel of the Month was Mutela hargeri! — musselpdb.org/motm/2021/21... #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A yellowish shell with green highlights and iridescent nacre on a floral background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The February 2026 Mussel of the Month is Lampsilis siliquoidea But Lampsilis is a Camel. It has been said that, “A camel is a horse designed by a committee.” Learn more and subscribe for free at musselproject.substack.com #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A golden yellow pair of valves with green rays and white nacre on a camel/desert motif background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
TBT. Way back in January 2006, the Mussel of the Month was Discomya radulosa! — musselpdb.org/motm/2006/06... #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A brown, badly eroded freshwater mussel shell on a colorful background, with information about the species and where to find more information.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
TBT. Way back in January 2011, the Mussel of the Month was Lamprotula leaii (née gottschei)! — musselpdb.org/motm/2011/11... #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
A thick bumpy freshwater mussel shell on a colorful background.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
TBT. Back in January 2016, the Mussel of the Month was Cyclonaias tuberculata! — musselpdb.org/motm/2016/16... #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & CummingsA
A bumpy shell with purple nacre on a colorful, fractal-pattern background
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
TBT. Back in January 2021, the Mussel of the Month was Solenaia emarginata! — musselpdb.org/motm/2021/21... #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
An elongate freshwater bivalve shell on a colorful background
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
The January 2026 Mussel of the Month is Leila blainvilliana. Leila blainvilliana has peculiar posterior “siphons,” distinct from those of typical neotropical Mycetopodidae. Learn more and subscribe for FREE at musselproject.substack.com #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
The January 2026 Mussel of the Month is Leila blainvilliana
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
TBT. Way back in December 2010, the Mussel of the Month was Truncilla truncata! — musselpdb.org/motm/2010/10... #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
Back in December 2010, the Mussel of the Month was Truncilla truncata.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
TBT. Way back in December 2015, the Mussel of the Month was Pronodularia japanensis! — musselpdb.org/motm/2015/15... #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MUSSELp #MusselOfTheMonth 🧪 Photo by Graf & CummingsBa
Back in December 2015, the Mussel of the Month was Pronodularia japanensis
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
TBT. Back in December 2020, the Mussel of the Month was Platynaias (née Lasmigona) subviridis! — musselpdb.org/motm/2020/20... #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MUSSELp #MusselOfTheMonth 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
Back in December 2020, the Mussel of the Month was Platynaias subviridis
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
The December 2025 Mussel of the Month is Mutela dubia. Mutela dubia (Iridinidae) from Africa, like so many freshwater mussels, has been “super-nominated.” Learn more and subscribe at musselproject.substack.com. #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
The December 2025 Mussel of the Month is Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
TBT. Way back in November 2010, the Mussel of the Month was Megalonaias nervosa! — musselpdb.org/motm/2010/10... #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MUSSELp #MusselOfTheMonth 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
Back in November 2010, the Mussel of the Month was Megalonaias nervosa.
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
TBT. Back in November 2015, the Mussel of the Month was Nephritica poeyana! — musselpdb.org/motm/2015/15... #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MUSSELp #MusselOfTheMonth 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
Back in November 2015, the Mussel of the Month was Nephritica poeyana
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
TBT. Back in November 2020, the Mussel of the Month was Atlanticoncha ochracea! — musselpdb.org/motm/2020/20... #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
Back in November 2020, the Mussel of the Month was Atlanticoncha ochracea
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
The November 2025 Mussel of the Month is Schistodesmus xinyuensis! — musselpdb.org, musselproject.substack.com #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
The November 2025 Mussel of the Month is Schistodesmus xinyuensis
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Way back in October 2010, the Mussel of the Month was Recidens sumatrensis (except we called in R. lingulatus)! — musselpdb.org/motm/2010/10... #ThrowbackThursday #MusselMemory #MUSSELp #MusselOfTheMonth 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
Back in October 2010, the Mussel of the Month was Rectidens sumatrensis
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Check out the latest episode of The Whoo! from the MUSSEL Project! KSC & DLG discuss their new book, Freshwater Mussels of Central America by Cummings, Graf, Pfeiffer & Tiemann. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf8D... #MUSSELp 🧪
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Back in October 2015, the Mussel of the Month was Lepidodesma languilati! — musselpdb.org/motm/2015/15... #MusselMemory #ThrowbackThursday #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
Back in October 2015, the Mussel of the Month was Lepidodesma languilati
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
#MusselMemory #ThrowbackThursday Back in October 2020, the #MUSSELp #MusselOfTheMonth was Bineurus mouhotii! — musselpdb.org/motm/2020/20... 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
Back in October 2020, the Mussel of the Month was Bineurus mouhotii
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The October 2025 #MUSSELp #MusselOfTheMonth is Anodontites lurulenta from Central America! — musselpdb.org, musselproject.substack.com 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
The October 2025 Mussel of the Month is Anodontites lurulenta!
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MUSSEL Project @musselp.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
#MusselMemory #ThrowbackThursday Way back in September 2010, the #MUSSELp #MusselOfTheMonth was Hemistena lata! — musselpdb.org/motm/2010/10... 🧪 Photo by Graf & Cummings
Back in September 2010, the Mussel of the Month was Hemistena lata!
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