Cumberland monkeyface pearly mussel [SEP] parent taxon
Theliderma intermedia
Theliderma intermedia, the Cumberland monkeyface pearly mussel or Cumberland monkeyface, is a species of freshwater mussel in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This aquatic bivalve mollusk is native to Tennessee and Virginia in the United States, where it occurs in the Duck and Powell Rivers. It is a federally listed endangered species.
This species is yellow-green or greenish yellow in color. It can reach at least 35 years old. Like other mussels, it has larvae called glochidia that lodge in the gills of
Failed efforts to transplant the birdwing pearly mussel and the Cumberland monkeyface pearly mussel, also endangered, to local streams brought an end to construction on the half-completed and long-contested Columbia Dam on the Duck River in 1983.