A relatively large, yellowish brown freshwater unionid commonly found throughout the midwestern United States. This bivalve can be identified by its heavy shell, shallow depth of beak cavity, large pseudocardinal teeth and oblong shape. Young show distinct green rays radiating from the beak. While commonly defined as mussels, many leading malacologists identify muckets as unionids seperate from mussels. A distinguishing difference is that they lack the byssal threads used by many bivalves, including mussels, to hold themselves to rocks and other fixed structures. Several other species, such as the Pink Mucket, utilize the common name but are of a different subfamily.

P. Mollusca
C. Bivalvia
O. Unionoida
F. Unionidae
G-Sp. Actinonaias ligamentia

After our trip to Grand River, we had buckets and buckets of muckets.

Mucket by Just sayin August 18, 2009

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Elon Muskett

When Elon Musk decided to make guns

The Elon Muskett age will start 3 years from now!

Elon Muskett by Something fishy October 15, 2018

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muckety-muck

taken from Merriam-Webster Dictionary, evolved from Chinook Indians. They first used a form of muckety-muck meaning an arrogant, self-important person, "high-muck-a-muck."

Man, those frattastic muckety-mucks really harsh my mellow. Their parties are so bernie. I'm swayze.

muckety-muck by J Cla June 18, 2006

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