Cyprogenia
Encyclopedia
Cyprogenia is a genus
of freshwater mussels, aquatic
bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of freshwater mussels, aquatic
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...
bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae
Unionidae
Unionidae is a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionoida, the bivalve mollusks sometimes known as river mussels, naiads, or simply as unionids.The range of distribution for this family is world-wide...
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Species within the genus Cyprogenia
- edible naiadEdible naiadThe edible naiad, edible pearly mussel, western fan-shell, or western fanshell mussel, scientific name Cyprogenia aberti, a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels....
(Cyprogenia aberti) - fanshellFanshellThe fanshell, scientific name Cyprogenia stegaria, is a species of aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae. This clam is native to the United States, where breeding populations remain in only three rivers...
(Cyprogenia stegaria)