Lampsilis abrupta, the pink mucket or pink mucket pearly mussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is endemic to the United States.

What is a Muckett?

: any of several freshwater mussels especially : the common mussel (Actinonaias carinata) with a lustrous nacreous shell that is used in button manufacture.

What is a Mucket used for?

Early in the war many soldiers of the Army of the Potomac carried a small tin pail with a cover and a wooden handle called a “mucket” in which to boil their coffee.