glochidium
Sign in to saveright|thumb|200px|A drawing of the glochidium of the swan mussel ([[Anodonta cygnea). The larva is 0.35 mm long]] right|thumb|200px|Glochidia of the mussel Lampsilis higginsii
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right|thumb|200px|A drawing of the glochidium of the swan mussel ([[Anodonta cygnea). The larva is 0.35 mm long]] right|thumb|200px|Glochidia of the mussel Lampsilis higginsii
The glochidium (plural glochidia) is a microscopic larval stage of some freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the families Unionidae and Margaritiferidae, the river mussels and European freshwater pearl mussels.
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