Alathyria condola

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Alathyria condola
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Hyriidae
Genus: Alathyria
Species:
A. condola
Binomial name
Alathyria condola
Iredale, 1943

Alathyria condola, also known as the condolar river mussel, is a species of freshwater bivalve in the family Hyriidae. This species occurs in the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee River systems in eastern New South Wales, Australia. [1] The type specimen was collected from the Murrumbidgee River. [1] [2]

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. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Species Alathyria condola Iredale, 1943". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  2. Cummings, Kevin. "Alathyria – Iredale, 1934 – Australia". Freshwater mussel genera. Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign . Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  3. 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.