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    Species Accepted

    Echyridella menziesii (J. E. Gray, 1843)

    New Zealand Freshwater Mussel
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Echyridella
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      6 results
      Kakahi Maori
      Koaru Maori
      Kāeo Maori
      Kākahi Maori
      New Zealand Freshwater Mussel English
      Torewai Maori

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Simpson, C. T. (1914). A descriptive catalogue of the naiades, or pearly fresh-water mussels. Part I Unionidae, Truncilla - Margaritana. Bryant Walker, Detroit, Michigan, Pp. 1–524. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10910 10.5962/bhl.title.10910
      Suter, H. (1907). Descriptions of new non-marine shells from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 236–240. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=358630
      Hutton, F. W. (1883). Notes on some marine Mollusca. New Zealand Journal of Science (1) 1 (10): 477-478. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=235418
      Marshall, B. A., Fenwick, M. C., & Ritchie, P. A. (2014). New Zealand Recent Hyriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida). Molluscan Research, 34. https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2014.889591 10.1080/13235818.2014.889591
      Graf, D., & Cummings, K. (2019). Musselp database: The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves). https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=299611
      Dunker, W. (1862). Beschreibungen einiger von Herrn Dr. v. Hochstetter auf Neuseeland gesammelten Süsswasser-Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter, 8: 150–154. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=365481
      Nagel, K.-O. (2025). Type catalog of the freshwater mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) in the collection of the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Archiv Für Molluskenkunde, 154. https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/154/79-241 10.1127/arch.moll/154/79-241
      Gray, J. E. (1843). Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species. In: Dieffenbach, E. Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country, vol. 2: 228-265. In: Dieffenbach, E. Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany and natural history of that country, vol. 2: 228–265. London: John Murray. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=294158
      Gould, A. A. (1850). [descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 3: 151–156, 169–172, 214–218, 252–256, 275–278, 292–296, 309–312, 343–348. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=134110

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