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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Swan mussel
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pearl
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gill
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larva
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nacre
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Unionidae
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trochophore
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byssus
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mantle
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aquatic animal
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nephridium
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Margaritiferidae
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Veliger
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siphon
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glochid
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