Johnson, Paul D.United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Gagnon, Paula Johnson2003-07-18Encyclopedia article about freshwater mollusks in Georgia. The freshwater molluscan fauna of Georgia is one of the most diverse and abundant found anywhere in the world. In the southeastern United States, which has the greatest freshwater mollusk diversity in the world, Georgia's 165 mollusk species (67 snails and 98 mussels) rank fourth in total diversity.text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Freshwater mussels--GeorgiaMussels--GeorgiaEndangered species--GeorgiaMollusks--GeorgiaFreshwater mollusksText