Nutritional Freshwater Life
116
Parreysia corrugata Müller 1774
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Common name: Freshwater mussel.
Distribution: India, Bangladesh, and
Burma (Jadhav, 2009).
Habitat: Rivers, ponds, and lakes.
Description: This species is without
a head but with a beak. Lateral teeth
are posterior to the beak. It has a foot
rather than a byssus. There is no true
siphon. The inhalant aperture has
branched papillae. This species attains
sizes of 22, 36, 46, 51, 55, and 57 mm
at the end of its first to sixth years,
respectively. The life span of this mussel is about 6 years (Dey, 2007).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (DM)
Glycogen
(mg/g)
Protein
(%)
Lipid
(%)
9.62
7.73
6.81
Minerals (mg/g)
Ca
Fe Mn Na
K
Cu
Zn
Mg
11.78 6.33 9.94 3.33 4.56 0.06–0.16 0.37–0.55 0.98–2.36
Source: Data from Malathi and Thippeswamy (2013).
Parreysia flavidens Benson 1862
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Common name: Freshwater mussel.
Distribution: Bangladesh, India.
116
Parreysia corrugata Müller 1774
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Common name: Freshwater mussel.
Distribution: India, Bangladesh, and
Burma (Jadhav, 2009).
Habitat: Rivers, ponds, and lakes.
Description: This species is without
a head but with a beak. Lateral teeth
are posterior to the beak. It has a foot
rather than a byssus. There is no true
siphon. The inhalant aperture has
branched papillae. This species attains
sizes of 22, 36, 46, 51, 55, and 57 mm
at the end of its first to sixth years,
respectively. The life span of this mussel is about 6 years (Dey, 2007).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (DM)
Glycogen
(mg/g)
Protein
(%)
Lipid
(%)
9.62
7.73
6.81
Minerals (mg/g)
Ca
Fe Mn Na
K
Cu
Zn
Mg
11.78 6.33 9.94 3.33 4.56 0.06–0.16 0.37–0.55 0.98–2.36
Source: Data from Malathi and Thippeswamy (2013).
Parreysia flavidens Benson 1862
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Common name: Freshwater mussel.
Distribution: Bangladesh, India.