- 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...
- the
widespread occurrence freshwater ostracod ac****ulations and
rarer unionid bivalve s****. The
Early Cretaceous dating for the
Tiouaren Formation...
-
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...
- 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...
-
numbers of
pisidiid clams and
other less
common s****ed invertebrates, like
unionid clams and snails. This ****ociation is not a coincidence, as the invertebrate...
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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...
- (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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further evidence of seasonality. For instance,
unionid bivalve s****
exhibit uniform banding patterns.
Unionid bivalves were
aquatic organisms that required...
