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2. Freshwater pearl mussel - Wikipedia

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   The freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) is an endangered species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Margaritiferidae.. Although the name "freshwater pearl mussel" is often used for this species, other freshwater mussel species (e.g. Margaritifera auricularia) can also create pearls and some can also be used as a source of mother of pearl.

3. Lampsilis rafinesqueana - Wikipedia

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   This species has been frequently misidentified as other similar American freshwater mussels, especially before Frierson first described it in 1927. For example, it was formerly recognized as Lampsilis ligamentina ; [ 6 ] which probably arose from confusion with the superficially similar species Actinonaias ligamentina .

4. Freshwater mollusc - Wikipedia

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   The two major classes of molluscs have representatives in freshwater: the gastropods (snails) and the bivalves (freshwater mussels and clams.) It appears that the other classes within the Phylum Mollusca -the cephalopods, scaphopods, polyplacophorans, etc. - never made the transition from a fully marine environment to a freshwater environment.

5. Unionidae - Wikipedia

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   Unionidae burrow into the substrate, with their posterior margins exposed. They pump water through the incurrent aperture, obtaining oxygen and food. They remove phytoplankton and zooplankton, as well as suspended bacteria, fungal spores, and dissolved organic matter.

6. Freshwater bivalve - Wikipedia

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   The majority of bivalve molluscs are saltwater species that live in the marine habitats, but a number of families have evolved to live in fresh water (and in some cases, also in brackish water). These belong to two different evolutionary lineages, i.e. freshwater mussels and freshwater clams, and the two groups

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