Biology:Echyridella onekaka
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Short description: Species of bivalve
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Echyridella |
| Species: | E. onekaka
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| Echyridella onekaka (Fenwick & Marshall, 2006)[2]
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Echyridella onekaka is a species of freshwater mussel endemic to New Zealand. E. onekaka is an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
Taxonomy
The species was first recognised as a distinct species by Mark Fenwick and Bruce Marshall in 2006. It can be distinguished from Echyridella menziesii by a more strongly separated anterior pedal retractor muscle.[2]
Distribution
Echyridella onekaka is found exclusively in the north-west of the South Island.[3] It is the rarest known freshwater mussel species in New Zealand.[4]
References
- ↑ Grainger, Natasha; Collier, Kevin; Hitchmough, Rod; Harding, Jon; Smith, Brian; Sutherland, Darin (May 2014). Conservation status of New Zealand freshwater invertebrates, 2013. Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. p. 17. ISBN 9780478150155. http://www.doc.govt.nz/Documents/science-and-technical/nztcs8entire.pdf. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fenwick, Mark C; Marshall, Bruce A (2006). "A new species of Echyridella from New Zealand, and recognition of Echyridella lucasi (Suter, 1905)(Mollusca: Bivalvia: Hyriidae)". Molluscan Research 26 (2): 69–76.
- ↑ , Wikidata Q114871191
- ↑ Steiner, Konstanze; Dyer, Niamh; Lee, Charles K; Vandergoes, Marcus J; Wood, Susanna A (2022). "Development of a triplex droplet digital polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of three New Zealand native freshwater mussels (Echyridella) in environmental samples". Environmental DNA 4 (5): 1065–1077. doi:10.1002/edn3.302. ISSN 2637-4943.
Wikidata ☰ Q21270143 entry
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