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13 relations: Aquatic animal, Bivalve shell, Bivalvia, Family (biology), Freshwater bivalve, Freshwater pearl mussel, Genus, Margaritifera, Mollusca, Nacre, Pearl, Spectacle case pearly mussel, Unionoida.
Aquatic animal
A aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in the water for most or all of its lifetime.
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Bivalve shell
A bivalve shell is part of the body, the exoskeleton or shell, of a bivalve mollusk.
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Bivalvia
Bivalvia, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts.
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.
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Freshwater bivalve
Freshwater bivalves are one kind of freshwater molluscs, along with freshwater snails.
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Freshwater pearl mussel
The freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) is an endangered species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Margaritiferidae.
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Genus
A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.
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Margaritifera
Margaritifera is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the family Margaritiferidae, the freshwater pearl mussels.
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Mollusca
Mollusca is a large phylum of invertebrate animals whose members are known as molluscs or mollusksThe formerly dominant spelling mollusk is still used in the U.S. — see the reasons given in Gary Rosenberg's.
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Nacre
Nacre (also), also known as mother of pearl, is an organic-inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer; it also makes up the outer coating of pearls.
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Pearl
A pearl is a hard glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk or another animal, such as a conulariid.
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Spectacle case pearly mussel
The spectacle case pearly mussel or spectacle case (Cumberlandia monodonta) is a species of bivalve in the family Margaritiferidae.
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Unionoida
Unionoida is a monophyletic order of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs.
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