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Originally Posted by Pearling Technologies
I thought mussels were of the unionidae family?
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Yes, they are of the unionidae family.
Natural European freshwater pearls are from the Margaritifera margaritifera, not to be mixed up with the black-lipped Pinctada margaritifera, which is a saltwater oyster now commercially famous for bearing black Tahitian pearls.
Mervione, I think they are referring to local freshwater mussels around the world that have lost, or are rapidly losing their habitat due to the interferrence of man(what else?). Caitlin can elaborate more on this, as she has frequently been posting the plight of these creatures on P-G.
You can do a P-G search using the word unionidae---Caitlin's posts will pop up.
Slraep