Molluscs
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Habitat: Large river systems.
Description: In this species the head,
eyes, and byssus are absent. The shell
measures 70–200 mm in dimensions.
The shell is oblong, with the margin opposite the hinge more or less
straight or only slightly incurved.
The margin opposite the hinge is outwardly curved. The shell is opaque
(and robust), brown, bright or dark
greenish or greenish brown and
glossy (Dey, 2007).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (g/g DM)
Protein
Lipid
CHO a
Ash
L. jenkinsianus
0.483
0.0472
0.2033 0.2665
L. generosus
0.440
0.0672
0.2705 0.2223
a Carbohydrate.
Source: Data from Shafakatullah et al. (2013).
Lamellidens marginalis Lamarck 1819
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Common name: Indian freshwater
mussel.
Distribution: Lower and upper Gangetic
Plains in India and Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka, Myanmar (Madhyastha et al.,
2010).
Habitat: Lentic and lotic freshwater
habitats; ditches, ponds, lakes, rivers,
and streams; prefers stagnant waters.
Description: This species is cephalic
and bilaterally symmetrical. Umbo is
present along the dorsal margin and
is slightly anterior to the hinge. True
siphons are absent, and instead, there
are two or three openings present in
the mantle along the posterior margin.
Adult unionids measure from 30 to
250 mm in length, and are just as variable in shape and color (Dey, 2007).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% WW)
Moisture Ash Protein
Fat CHO a Fiber
85.9
2.184 6.464 0.507 4.943 0.0025
a Carbohydrate.
Minerals (mg/100 g DM)
Ca
P
Fe
Na
K
210.219 62.037 94.333 39.478 32.428
Source: Data from Baby et al. (2010).
Proximate Composition (g/g DM)
Protein
Lipid
CHO a
Ash
0.440
0.0459
0.2664
0.2477
a Carbohydrate.
Source: Data from Shafakatullah et al. (2013).