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Creeper
Strophitus undulatus
Strophitus undulatus is a species of mussel in the Unionidae, the river mussels. It is native to eastern Canada and the eastern United States. Its common names include creeper, squawfoot, sloughfoot, and strange floater.
This mussel has a somewhat flattened, smooth, oval shell which is thin in young animals and becomes thicker with age. It is green, brown, or black in color with pink to orange nacre. It grows up to 10.2 centimetres (4.0 in) long. The beak is ridged.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.212
François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)
François Le Vaillant · 1807 · p.169
François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)
François Le Vaillant · 1807 · p.175
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.869
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.430
Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura
Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.724
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.20
Ornithologiae: de avibus historiae libri XII
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.889
Ornithologiae: de avibus historiae libri XII
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.888
Ornithologiae: de avibus historiae libri XII
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.871
Ornithology
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.904
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 97)
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.94
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 129600.