Freshwater mussels have been widely consumed in subsistence-type
settings but are rarely popular in other contexts.  Apparently they
resemble calamari in the critical need to not cook them too long.

Unionids are the only large freshwater bivalves native to the region;
there's about eight or so native species in Italy on current
classification.  Anodonta may be thin-shelled enough to not preserve
well.

--
Dr. David Campbell
425 Scientific Collections
University of Alabama
"I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"

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