Cristaria (bivalve) explained

Cristaria is a genus of freshwater mussels or pearl mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae.

Species

Species in the genus Cristaria include:[1]

Human relevance

In China, one of the species in this genus, Cristaria plicata is "one of the most important freshwater mussels for pearl production" in the country.[2] It is also used for medicinal purposes.[3]

Notes and References

  1. The Mussel Project, University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves) http://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/db/db.php?p=div&l=gen&n=327 Accessed 2014-9-10
  2. 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.09.034 . 310 . 3–4 . Morphology and phagocytic ability of hemocytes from Cristaria plicata . Aquaculture . 245–251. 2011-01-09 . Xie . Yanhai . Hu . Baoching . Wen . Chungen . Mu . Songniu .
  3. Web site: Cristaria plicata - Epilepsy Naturapedia . 2014-09-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140906111534/http://www.epilepsynaturapedia.com/index.php/Cristaria_plicata . 2014-09-06 . . Accessed 2014.09.06

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