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:
- Family (3): Hyriidae · Margaritiferidae · Unionidae
Families
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Hyriidae
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.
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