Biology:Alathyria condola

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Short description: Species of bivalve

Alathyria condola
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Hyriidae
Genus: Alathyria
Species:
A. condola
Binomial name
Alathyria condola
(Iredale, 1943)

Alathyria condola is a species of freshwater river mussel, a bivalve mollusk in the family Hyriidae. This species occurs in coastal rivers in eastern New South Wales, Australia . The type specimen was collected from the Murrumbidgee River.[1]

The mussel is susceptible to bioaccumulation of hazardous levels of toxins from the cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis which can lead to paralytic shellfish poisoning when eaten.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q106018933 entry