Unionida
Sign in to saveUnionida is a monophyletic order of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs. The order includes most of the larger freshwater mussels, including the freshwater pearl mussels. The most common families are the Unionidae and the Margaritiferidae. All have in common a larval stage that is temporarily parasitic on fish, nacreous shells, high in organic matter, that may crack upon drying out, and siphons too short to permit the animal to live deeply buried in sediment.
Species
ORDER
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderUnionida
イシガイ目（イシガイもく、Unionoida）は淡水生の二枚貝の分類群。世界に広く分布し、約900種を含む。日本に生息するものは亜種を含め18種類が知られる。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 177
- With media
- 2
- Collections
- LACM, NCSM, UCMP, ALMNH, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Venezuela
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Palaeoheterodonta
- Image
- Anodonta anatina1.jpg
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- taxon common name
- Dižgliemeņu kārta
- Commons category
- Unionida
- taxon rank
- order
- taxon name
- Unionida
- topic's main category
- Category:Unionida
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Morphology
- Evolutionary history
- Distribution
- Life habits
- Reproduction
- Conservation issues and endangered species status
- Commercial significance
- Freshwater pearl industry
- Button manufacturing industry
- Taxonomy
- References
- External links
Unionida is a monophyletic order of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs. The order includes most of the larger freshwater mussels, including the freshwater pearl mussels. The most common families are the Unionidae and the Margaritiferidae. All have in common a larval stage that is temporarily parasitic on fish, nacreous shells, high in organic matter, that may crack upon drying out, and siphons too short to permit the animal to live deeply buried in sediment.
==Morphology== The shells of these mussels are variable in shape, but usually equivalve and elongate. They have solid, nacreous valves with a pearly interior, radial sculpture, and an entire pallial line. left|thumb|Freshwater mussel showing glossary of terms. center|thumb|300px|Several species of freshwater pearl mussels collected in a river during a survey of the Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge.
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