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35 relations: Aperture (mollusc), Aquatic animal, Bivalvia, Button, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Cultured freshwater pearls, Duck mussel, Eastern elliptio, Etheriidae, Family (biology), Freshwater bivalve, Freshwater pearl mussel, Glochidium, Greenwood Publishing Group, Habitat destruction, Hyriidae, Iridinidae, John Latendresse, Mantle (mollusc), Margaritiferidae, Mollusca, Monophyly, Mycetopodidae, Nacre, Order (biology), Overexploitation, Oxygen, Parasitism, Ross Piper, Sessility (motility), Siphon (mollusc), Unionidae, Unionoida, United States Geological Survey, William John Swainson.
Aperture (mollusc)
The aperture is an opening in certain kinds of mollusc shells: it is the main opening of the shell, where the head-foot part of the body of the animal emerges for locomotion, feeding, etc.
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Aquatic animal
A aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in the water for most or all of its lifetime.
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Bivalvia
Bivalvia, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts.
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Button
In modern clothing and fashion design, a button is a small fastener, now most commonly made of plastic, but also frequently made of metal, wood or seashell, which secures two pieces of fabric together.
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Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, as he is known in Europe (October 22, 1783 – September 18, 1840), was a nineteenth-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France.
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Cultured freshwater pearls
Cultured freshwater pearls are pearls that are farmed and created using freshwater mussels.
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Duck mussel
The duck mussel (Anodonta anatina) is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
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Eastern elliptio
The eastern elliptio (Elliptio complanata) is a freshwater mussel in the Unionidae family, native to Canada and the United States.
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Etheriidae
Etheriidae is a small family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the order Unionoida.
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.
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Freshwater bivalve
Freshwater bivalves are one kind of freshwater molluscs, along with freshwater snails.
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Freshwater pearl mussel
The freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) is an endangered species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Margaritiferidae.
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Glochidium
The glochidium (plural glochidia) is a microscopic larval stage of some freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the families Unionidae and Margaritiferidae, the river mussels and European freshwater pearl mussels.
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Greenwood Publishing Group
ABC-CLIO/Greenwood is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-CLIO.
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Habitat destruction
Habitat destruction is the process in which natural habitat is rendered unable to support the species present.
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Hyriidae
Hyriidae is a taxonomic family of pearly freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the order Unionoida.
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Iridinidae
Iridinidae is a family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the order Unionoida.
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John Latendresse
John Robert Latendresse (July 26, 1925 in South Dakota – July 23, 2000) is known for being the "father of American cultured freshwater pearls" - USGS.
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Mantle (mollusc)
The mantle (also known by the Latin word pallium meaning mantle, robe or cloak, adjective pallial) is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps well beyond the visceral mass itself.
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Margaritiferidae
Margaritiferidae is a family of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs in the order Unionoida.
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Mollusca
Mollusca is a large phylum of invertebrate animals whose members are known as molluscs or mollusksThe formerly dominant spelling mollusk is still used in the U.S. — see the reasons given in Gary Rosenberg's.
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Monophyly
In cladistics, a monophyletic group, or clade, is a group of organisms that consists of all the descendants of a common ancestor.
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Mycetopodidae
The Mycetopodidae are a family of freshwater pearly mussels in the order Unionoida restricted to South America.
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Nacre
Nacre (also), also known as mother of pearl, is an organic-inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer; it also makes up the outer coating of pearls.
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Order (biology)
In biological classification, the order (ordo) is.
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Overexploitation
Overexploitation, also called overharvesting, refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns.
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Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element with symbol O and atomic number 8.
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Parasitism
In evolutionary biology, parasitism is a relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.
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Ross Piper
Ross Piper is a British zoologist, entomologist, and explorer.
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Sessility (motility)
In biology, sessility (in the sense of positional movement or motility) refers to organisms that do not possess a means of self-locomotion and are normally immobile.
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Siphon (mollusc)
A siphon is an anatomical structure which is part of the body of aquatic molluscs in three classes: Gastropoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda (members of these classes include saltwater and freshwater snails, clams, octopus, squid and relatives).
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Unionidae
The Unionidae are a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionoida, the bivalve mollusks sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids.
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Unionoida
Unionoida is a monophyletic order of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs.
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United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.
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William John Swainson
William John Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unionoida
