Hogshell

Weight

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Length

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Lifespan

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Main food

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Habitat

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Young per litter or clutch

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Conservation status

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Countries on record

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No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumMollusca
3. classBivalvia
4. orderUnionida
5. genusPyganodon
6. SpeciesPyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Synonyms Anodon imbricata, Anodon inornata, Anodon mcnielii, Anodon micans, Anodon nopalatensis, Anodon opalina, Anodon subangulata, Anodon subgibbosa, Anodon subinflata, Anodonta bealei, Anodonta benedictii, Anodonta corpulenta, Anodonta corpulentoides, Anodonta dakota, Anodonta dakotana, Anodonta dallasiana, Anodonta danielsii, Anodonta declivis, Anodonta decora, Anodonta footiana, Anodonta gesnerii, Anodonta gigantea, Anodonta grandioides, Anodonta grandis, Anodonta grandis bealei, Anodonta grandis benedictensis, Anodonta grandis corpulenta, Anodonta grandis corpulents, Anodonta grandis dakota, Anodonta grandis dakotana, Anodonta grandis footiana, Anodonta grandis gigantea, Anodonta grandis grandis, Anodonta grandis leonensis, Anodonta grandis lugubris, Anodonta grandis pepiniana, Anodonta grandis plana, Anodonta grandis simpsoniana, Anodonta harpethensis, Anodonta hockingensis, Anodonta houghtonensis, Anodonta inflata, Anodonta inflata fuscata, Anodonta inflata viridis, Anodonta inflata zonalis, Anodonta kennicottii, Anodonta leonensis, Anodonta lewisii, Anodonta linnaeana, Anodonta linnaena, Anodonta lugubris, Anodonta marryatana, Anodonta maryattana, Anodonta maryattiana, Anodonta micans, Anodonta opaca, Anodonta ovata, Anodonta palna, Anodonta pepinianus, Anodonta plana, Anodonta salmonia, Anodonta simpsoniana, Anodonta somersii, Anodonta stewartiana, Anodonta stewartiana virens, Anodonta subgibbosa, Anodonta texasensis, Anodonta virens, Anodontites grijalvae, Glabaris grijalvae, Margarita benedictensis, Margarita decora, Margarita gigantea, Margarita grandis, Margarita ovata, Margarita pepiniana, Margarita plana, Margarita salmonia, Margarita stewartiana, Margaron bealei, Margaron benedictensis, Margaron benedictii, Margaron corpulenta, Margaron dallasiana, Margaron danielsii, Margaron decora, Margaron footiana, Margaron gesnerii, Margaron gigantea, Margaron grandis, Margaron harpethensis, Margaron kennicottii, Margaron leonensis, Margaron lewisii, Margaron linnaeana, Margaron maryattana, Margaron micans, Margaron opaca, Margaron opacus, Margaron ovata, Margaron pepiniana, Margaron plana, Margaron salmonia, Margaron simpsoniana, Margaron stewartiana, Margaron texasensis, Pyganodon grandis footianus, Pyganodon lugubris, Pyganodon simpsonaia, Pyganodon simpsoniana, Symphynota benedictensis

Catalogue of Life

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@misc{hogshell_2026,
  title = {Hogshell (Pyganodon grandis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hogshell},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}