Meanings of freshwater mussel in English

Even more varied and underappreciated than the salamander is the freshwater mussel.

Kaeo gets its name from a kind of freshwater mussel unique to nearby Whangaroa Harbour.

The Kakahi is New Zealand's freshwater mussel.

A Continental fish which lays its eggs by means of a long ovipositor inside the freshwater mussel.

Photo: Owen Calder Amber says there are three species of freshwater mussel in New Zealand, and the translocation involves two of these.

Zealandia has just welcomed its latest arrivals -200 kākahi or freshwater mussels.

You had here eaten freshwater mussels: at this river we sleep.

The lakes are ecologically important for their landlocked populations of banded kokopu and their unusually large freshwater mussels.

Other exposed organisms, like crabs, crayfish and other freshwater mussels, were less affected, and fish were unharmed, Ryan said.

Smaller, paler freshwater mussels can be aged by counting the dark rings, one ring shows one year of growth.

Kākahi or freshwater mussels are being moved to Zealandia sanctuary in Wellington as part of an ambitious restoration project.

She explained that unlike marine mussels, which attach themselves to rocks, freshwater mussels live partly submerged in soft mud.

Ayla also discovered freshwater mussels, similar to the ones that were in the sea near the cave of Brun's clan.

Freshwater mussels belonging to the genus Nodularia (Family Unionidae) are known to be widely distributed in East Asia.

She pushed her toes into the muck, feeling freshwater mussels beneath her feet, and swam upward, bursting from the surface.

In aquatic environments, organisms such as freshwater mussels are likely exposed to complex contaminant mixtures related to industrial, agricultural, and urban activities.