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Spengler's Freshwater Mussel

Pseudunio auricularius

Classification

Margaritifera auricularia is a species of European freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Margaritiferidae, the freshwater pearl mussels. Formerly found throughout western and central Europe, the species is now critically endangered and is one of the rarest invertebrates worldwide, being confined to a few rivers in Spain and France. M.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 84Spain · 2