Alathyria condola is a species of freshwater river mussel, a bivalve mollusk in the family Hyriidae. This species occurs in coastal rivers in eastern New South Wales, Australia. The type specimen was collected from the Murrumbidgee River.[1]

Alathyria condola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Hyriidae
Genus: Alathyria
Species:
A. condola
Binomial name
Alathyria condola
(Iredale, 1943)

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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Cummings, Kevin. "Alathyria - Iredale, 1934 – Australia". University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  2. ^ 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.