Biology:Alathyria condola

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Short description: Species of bivalve

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

Alathyria condola, also known as the condolar river mussel, is a species of freshwater bivalve in the family Hyriidae. This species occurs in the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee River systems in eastern New South Wales, Australia.[1] The type specimen was collected from the Murrumbidgee River.[1][2]

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.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q106018933 entry