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Glochidium and Mussel

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Glochidium and Mussel

Glochidium vs. Mussel

The glochidium (plural glochidia) is a microscopic larval stage of some freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the families Unionidae and Margaritiferidae, the river mussels and European freshwater pearl mussels. Mussel is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and freshwater habitats.

Similarities between Glochidium and Mussel

Glochidium and Mussel have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Bivalvia, Freshwater bivalve, Gill, Mollusca.

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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Freshwater bivalve

Freshwater bivalves are one kind of freshwater molluscs, along with freshwater snails.

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Gill

A gill is a respiratory organ found in many aquatic organisms that extracts dissolved oxygen from water and excretes carbon dioxide.

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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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Glochidium and Mussel Comparison

Glochidium has 13 relations, while Mussel has 88. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 3.96% = 4 / (13 + 88).

References

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