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Descriptor English: Unionidae
Descriptor Spanish: Unionidae
Descriptor Unionidae
Entry term(s) mejillones de agua dulce
mejillones perleros
mejillones perlíferos
Scope note: Familia de mejillones de agua dulce de la clase BIVALVIA. Difieren de los MEJILLONES CEBRA en que tienen mayor tamaño y poseen un estadio larvario, denominado glochidia, que requiere la adherencia a las BRANQUIAS o aletas de especies particulares de PECES.
Descriptor Portuguese: Unionidae
Descriptor French: Unionidae
Entry term(s): Mussel, Native
Mussels, Native
Native Mussel
Native Mussels
Unionid
Unionids
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.644.080.850
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049876
Scope note: A family of freshwater mussels in the class BIVALVIA. They differ from ZEBRA MUSSELS in that they are larger and posses a larval stage called glochidia, which requires attachment to the GILLS or fins of particular species of FISHES.
Annotation: as animal & food; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; as food, coordinate IM with SHELLFISH (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Mollusca (1971-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
DeCS ID: 50421
Unique ID: D049876
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Unionidae - Preferred
Concept UI M0470694
Scope note A family of freshwater mussels in the class BIVALVIA. They differ from ZEBRA MUSSELS in that they are larger and posses a larval stage called glochidia, which requires attachment to the GILLS or fins of particular species of FISHES.
Preferred term Unionidae
Entry term(s) Mussel, Native
Mussels, Native
Native Mussel
Native Mussels
Unionid
Unionids



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