Carolina Heelsplitter
Lasmigona decorata
Where do you find it?
Only in NC and SC (2 populations in NC and 6 populations in SC)
Pop. 1 (SC): Turkey Creek, Mountain Creek & Beaverdam Creek in Edgefield countyPop. 2 (SC): Cuffeytown Creek in Greenwood McCormick counties
Pop. 3 (SC): Lynches River & Flat Creek in Lancaster County
Pop. 4 (SC): small stretch of the Gills River in the Catawba drainage
Pop. 5 (SC): Fishing Creek in Chester County
Pop. 6 (SC): Bull Run Creek in Chester County
Pop. 7 (NC): Pee Dee & Catawba River drainages
Pop. 8 (NC): Waxhaw Creek
Goose Creek in Macklenburg, NC, also
Why is it endangered?
Protection for the Carolina Heelsplitter....
Sources
http://dnr.sc.gov/swap/supplemental/mussels/carolinaheelsplitter2015.pdf
http://www.darbycreekassociation.org/WhiteheelsplitterB8X6.jpg
http://www.wncvitalityindex.org/sites/default/files/Appalachian_elktoe_web.png
http://www.fws.gov/raleigh/media/species/mollusks/carolina_heelsplitter.gif
http://www.fws.gov/raleigh/species/es_carolina_heelsplitter.html