🦋 Family
Hyriidae
Echyridella menziesii (Gray, 1843)
Echyridella menziesii (Gray, 1843)
Echyridella menziesii is an endangered endemic New Zealand freshwater mussel important to Māori.
Diplodon chilensis (J.E.Gray, 1828)
Diplodon chilensis (J.E.Gray, 1828)
Diplodon chilensis is a freshwater hyriid mussel native to Chile and Argentina, proposed to biocontrol salmon farm eutrophication.
Velesunio ambiguus (R.A.Philippi, 1847)
Velesunio ambiguus (R.A.Philippi, 1847)
Velesunio ambiguus is an Australian freshwater mussel that is eaten by Aboriginal people and used to filter algae in fish ponds.
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