Echyridella
| Echyridella | |
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| Echyridella menziesii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Echyridella McMichael & Hiscock, 1958[1] |
Echyridella is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. There are three recognised species in the genus, which all live in the waters of New Zealand. They are collectively known in Māori as kākahi.[2]
Species
- Echyridella aucklandica (Gray, 1843)[3]
- Echyridella menziesii (Gray, 1843)[4]
- Echyridella onekaka (Fenwick & Marshall, 2006)[5]
Gallery
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References
- ^ "Echyridella McMichael & Hiscock, 1958". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
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- ^ "Echyridella aucklandica (J. E. Gray, 1843)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ "Echyridella menziesii (Gray, 1843)". www.NZOR.org.nz. New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ 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.
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