Alathyria condola
| Alathyria condola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Hyriidae |
| Genus: | Alathyria |
| Species: | A. condola
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| Binomial name | |
| Alathyria condola (Iredale, 1943)
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Alathyria condola is a species of freshwater river mussel, a bivalve mollusk in the family Hyriidae. This species occurs in coastal rivers in eastern New South Wales, Australia. The type specimen was collected from the Murrumbidgee River.[1]
The mussel is susceptible to bioaccumulation of hazardous levels of toxins from the cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis which can lead to paralytic shellfish poisoning when eaten.[2]
References
- ^ Cummings, Kevin. "Alathyria - Iredale, 1934 – Australia". University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ Negri, Andrew P.; Jones, Gary J. (1995-05-01). "Bioaccumulation of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins from the cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis by the freshwater mussel Alathyria condola". Toxicon. 33 (5): 667–678. doi:10.1016/0041-0101(94)00180-G. ISSN 0041-0101. PMID 7660371.