- Unionida, the
bivalve molluscs sometimes known as
river mussels, or
simply as
unionids. The
range of
distribution for this
family is world-wide. It is at its...
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attach to and
often kill
these mussels. They
build colonies on
native unionid clams,
reducing their ability to move, feed, and breed,
eventually leading...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 15
species Critically endangered (CR): 987
species Endangered (EN): 1,163
species Vulnerable (VU): 2,178
species Near...
- (in
Henderson County)
until it was extirpated, and is
implicated in the
unionid mussel declines in two
bodies of
water in Texas. It is also
blamed for...
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Middendorffinaia shadini is a
species of
unionid mussel endemic to
South Primorye, Russia. Its
specific name
honours Russian zoologist Vladimir Zhadin...
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Among these,
Limnocaridina iridinae lives inside the
mantle cavity of the
unionid mussel Pleiodon spekei,
making it one of only two
known commensal species...
- woodiana, the
Chinese pond mussel, is a
species of East
Asian freshwater unionid bivalve mollusk primarily known from the Amur River, in the
Russian Far...
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characteristically low
tissue salinities relative to
other freshwater animals, and
unionid mussels have some of the
lowest tissue salinities of any animal. Families...
- land
snail s****,
freshwater apple snail s****, and
pearly freshwater unionid mussel s****. This can be
confusing to collectors, as non-marine s****...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 15
species Critically endangered (CR): 987
species Endangered (EN): 1,163
species Vulnerable (VU): 2,178
species Near...
