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Unionacea

(Superfamily)

Overview

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A taxonomic superfamily.

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Taxonomy

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The Superfamily Unionacea is further organized into finer groupings including:

Families

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Hyriidae

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Margaritiferidae

Margaritiferidae is a of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the order Unionoida. They are known as freshwater pearl mussels, because they are capable of producing pearls. [more]

Unionidae

Unionidae is a of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks which are sometimes known as river mussels, naiads or simply as unionids. [more]

At least 910 species and subspecies belong to the Family Unionidae.

More info about the Family Unionidae may be found here.

Sources

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Last Revised: November 19, 2008