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Morphology and shell structure in freshwater mussels 

Flexing Mussels: Environmental Change In Wisconsin Over 100 Years

Basic shell shape - This workflow asks you to provide a few simple measurements that will give us an idea of the size of mussels in our collection and the ratio between length and other dimensions.  
Advanced shell shapes - This workflow is more exploratory and takes more time for each photograph.  It helps us to estimate the age of mussels and find out more about their shape and adductor muscles from when they were alive.