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1. Now then clever boys and gals, do you know what a Plethobasus cyphyus is? No? I thought as much. Well, if I tell you "bovine crust of bread" can you get it?
2. Well now that we have got into the swing of things, what do you think that an Ellipsaria lineolata is, if you are told that you are looking for a "type of swimming insect"?
3. Let's work out some more mussels. The next in line is called Elliptio crassidens. Can you work out the name given the clue "pachyderm Toby jug"?
4. Next we have a mussel called Leptodea fragilis. To help you work this mussel out what about "Crumbly sheet conch"?
5. Our next specimen is Toxolasma parvus. Can you work out the name if you are told that it is shared by an island in Swift's "Gulliver's Travels"?
6. Next in line arrives the mussel Quadrula quadrula. Can you work out its name if you are told that it shares its name with the national symbol of Canada?
7. Next is another mussel called Quadrula metanevra. Can you work it out given the clue "primate boat race"?
8. We now have a mussel called Villosa iris. Can you work out its name given the clue "colourful arc conch"?
9. Our next mussel is called Epioblasma triquetra. Can you work out its name from the clue "small box for holding powdered tobacco"?
10. Last, but not least, we have the pleasure of meeting the mussel Megalonaias nervosa. Can you work out its common name from the clue "music making cleaning aid"?
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