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- 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...
- attach to and often kill these mussels. They build colonies on native unionid clams, reducing their ability to move, feed, and breed, eventually leading...
-   Extinct in the wild (EW): 13 species   Critically endangered (CR): 581 species   Endangered (EN): 507 species   Vulnerable (VU): 879 species   Near threatened...
-   Extinct in the wild (EW): 13 species   Critically endangered (CR): 581 species   Endangered (EN): 507 species   Vulnerable (VU): 879 species   Near threatened...
- bivalve molluscs in the order Unionida. It is the most threatened of all unionid families. The family is sometimes referred to as the freshwater pearl mussel...
- the widespread occurrence freshwater ostracod ac****ulations and rarer unionid bivalve s****. The Early Cretaceous dating for the Tiouaren Formation...
- Among these, Limnocaridina iridinae lives inside the mantle cavity of the unionid mussel Pleiodon spekei, making it one of only two known commensal species...
- mussels. P. fragilis is one of the fastest-growing unionid species and the most abundant unionid species in Lake Erie. Its light-s****ed morphology suggests...
-   Extinct in the wild (EW): 15 species   Critically endangered (CR): 987 species   Endangered (EN): 1,163 species   Vulnerable (VU): 2,178 species   Near...
-   Extinct in the wild (EW): 13 species   Critically endangered (CR): 581 species   Endangered (EN): 507 species   Vulnerable (VU): 879 species   Near threatened...