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Unionidae

The Unionidae are a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids.

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Unionidae

Nodes221
Edges220
Triples31
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.00905
Components1

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Unionidae

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related to External links · 10
Unionidae → Division, Freshwater Mussel Collection, Missouri State Unio GalleryFreshwater, Molluscs, Mollusk Conservation SocietyOhio State, Site, The MUSSEL Project Web, Unionidae Archived, University, Wayback MachineUnionidae
related to Origin and early diversification · 10
Unionidae → Africa, Cretaceous, East Asia, Europe, India, Jurassic, North America, Paleocene, Southeast, The
related to Reproduction · 5
Unionidae → Elliptio, Fertilised, Mature, Most, The
related to history · 3
Unionidae → Despite, In, They

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mussels fish family freshwater gills order water species mussel unionids range hermaphroditic glochidia cyst region see molluscs sex shells eggshell

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
riversinstance ofi.e. flowing water0.80text
streamsinstance ofi.e. flowing water0.80text
creeksinstance ofi.e. flowing water0.80text
Unionidaerelated to External linksMissouri State Unio GalleryFreshwater0.60section
Unionidaerelated to External linksMollusk Conservation SocietyOhio State0.60section
Unionidaerelated to External linksUniversity0.60section
Unionidaerelated to External linksDivision0.60section
Unionidaerelated to External linksMolluscs0.60section
Unionidaerelated to External linksFreshwater Mussel Collection0.60section
Unionidaerelated to External linksUnionidae Archived0.60section
Unionidaerelated to External linksWayback MachineUnionidae0.60section
Unionidaerelated to External linksThe MUSSEL Project Web0.60section

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