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Habitat: Lowland streams and rivers.
Description: Shells of this species are
rounded, oval to elliptical, broad in
proportions, thick, and short in contrast
to Lamellidens. Cardinal teeth are narrowed and umbos are elevated with a
strong ridge (Prabhakar and Roy, 2008).
Parreysia khadakvaslaensis Ray 1966 (Radiatula
khadakvaslaensis)
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Common name: Freshwater mussel.
Distribution: Worldwide (www.Animals
.com).
Habitat: Reservoirs.
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. Adult reaches a size range of
30–250 mm (Dey, 2007).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% DM)
Protein
Lipid
CHO a
P. favidens
41.2–60.8
3.8–8.2
14.79–42.3
P. khadakvaslaensis 40.6–57.2
3.2–7.6
18.3–40.2
a Carbohydrate.
Source: Data from Shetty et al. (2013).
Unio terminalis Bourguignat 1852 (= Unio crassus)
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Common name: Common mussel.
Distribution: Jordan, Syria, Lebanon,
and Israel (Lopes-Lima and Seddon,
2014a).
Habitat: River basin and coastal plain
rivers; most suitable habitat is low-flow,
muddy substrates.
Description: Color of the shell is brown
to dark black. Cardinal tooth of the right
valve is irregularly serrated. Lateral
teeth are present. Green beams  are frequently present on the outer side of
valves. Length and height of the shell
vary from 50 to 70 mm and 30 to 35 mm,
respectively (http://inpn.mnhn.fr/docs/
cahab/fiches/1032.pdf).