Large freshwater mussels (Unionida) are long-lived, have large bodies, and produce thousands to millions of larvae (glochidia) that usually must attach host fish tissue complete their life cycle. This is an obligate parasitic stage mussel larvae. However, less than one in onemillion find a suitable survive. The degree specificity varies among unionid species, from specialists can successfully p...

Freshwater mussels belonging to the genus Cristaria Schumacher, 1817 (Bivalvia: Unionidae) are widespread from Mongolia Indochina while range of one species, C. plicata (Leach, 1814), covers two biogeographic subregions, i.e., East Asian (Amur River Vietnam) and Sundaland (Mekong basin). We present here a taxonomic revision nominal taxon Anodonta bellua Morelet, 1866 which was described Mekong ...

Abstract Global decline of freshwater mussels (Unionoida) is threatening biodiversity and the essential ecosystem services that provide. As filter-feeding organisms, remove phytoplankton suspended particles from water. By filtering bacteria, also decrease pathogen loads in The objective this study was to evaluate whether common bivalve Anodonta anatina (duck mussel) could bacterial fish Flavoba...

This paper describes the fine structure and its relationship to the direction of beat in four types of cilia on the gill of the fresh-water mussel Anodonta cataracta. The cilia contain nine outer, nine secondary, and two central fibers, such as have been described previously in other material. Each outer fiber is a doublet with one subfiber bearing arms. One particular pair of outer fibers (num...