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Echyridella

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Echyridella
Echyridella menziesii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

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References

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  1. ^ "Echyridella McMichael & Hiscock, 1958". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  2. ^ Vennell, Robert (5 October 2022). Secrets of the Sea: The Story of New Zealand's Native Sea Creatures. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. pp. 38–43. ISBN 978-1-77554-179-0. LCCN 2021388548. Wikidata Q114871191.
  3. ^ "Echyridella aucklandica (J. E. Gray, 1843)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Echyridella menziesii (Gray, 1843)". www.NZOR.org.nz. New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  5. ^ 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.