Cristaria (bivalve)

Cristaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
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]

Cristaria plicata

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[]

^ The Mussel Project, University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves) [1] Accessed 2014-9-10
^ Xie, Yanhai; Hu, Baoching; Wen, Chungen; Mu, Songniu (2011-01-09). "Morphology and phagocytic ability of hemocytes from Cristaria plicata". Aquaculture. 310 (3–4): 245–251. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.09.034.
^ "Cristaria plicata - Epilepsy Naturapedia". Archived from the original on 2014-09-06. Retrieved 2014-09-06.. Accessed 2014.09.06

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[1] The Mussel Project, University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves) [1] Accessed 2014-9-10

[2] Xie, Yanhai; Hu, Baoching; Wen, Chungen; Mu, Songniu (2011-01-09). "Morphology and phagocytic ability of hemocytes from Cristaria plicata". Aquaculture. 310 (3–4): 245–251. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.09.034.

[3] "Cristaria plicata - Epilepsy Naturapedia". Archived from the original on 2014-09-06. Retrieved 2014-09-06.. Accessed 2014.09.06

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