Distribution and Conservation Status
This is a rare species found solely in North America's Atlantic coast streams and rivers of various sizes and moderate current.
The dwarf wedge mussel's current range extends from Maryland to North Carolina. The dwarf wedge mussel is federally-listed as endangered, and state-listed as endangered, in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Vermont.
It previously lived in New Brunswick, but it is locally extinct in Canada since 1968. The Canadian Species at Risk Act listed the Dwarf Wedge Mussel in the List of Wildlife Species at Risk as being extirpated in Canada.
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