Cristaria (bivalve)

Cristaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Palaeoheterodonta
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Cristaria
Schumacher, 1817

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]

References

  1. The Mussel Project, University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves) Accessed 2014-9-10
  2. "Morphology and phagocytic ability of hemocytes from Cristaria plicata". Aquaculture. 310: 245–251. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.09.034.
  3. http://www.epilepsynaturapedia.com/index.php/Cristaria_plicata. Accessed 2014.09.06


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