Hyriopsis bialata from Thailand

[ninonatoli]

I need some information about Thailandese freshwater pearl mussels hyriopsis bialata.
Can anybody help?
thanks

 

[tanakarn1]

Would you tell us exactly what kind of information you need?

I found one article about culture of Thai hyriopsis bialatus:

http://www.aseanbiotechnology.info/Abstract/23006027.pdf

Tanakarn

 

[Valeria101]

As usual, these go by different taxa (See Here).

... so you may want to search for the more common name: Hyriopsis Conrad

Nice little fellow!

Any idea if pearls from these are known?

 

[Caitlin]

I think any freshwater mussel can have pearls. I wonder what the inside of that shell looks like.......

In the article it looks like they are growing mussel spat. Glochidia is a the stage that usually grabs on to a fish and travels as it grows to a good enough size to drop off the fish and grow on the bottom of the river or pond.

I think they are looking to cultivate them by collecting the glochidia and feeding them without a host fish. The conclusion is that they did a good job with high survival rates and a complete metamorphesis into baby mussels.

That looks good for pearl farming with this species........