Unio (bivalve)

Unio Temporal range: Triassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
A shell of Unio pictorum (Painter's mussel), anterior end towards the left
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Unio Philipsson, 1788
Species
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Unio is a genus of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

Unio is the type genus of the family Unionidae.

Species[]

Species in the genus Unio include:

• Unio cariei - extinct^[1]
• Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788 (Thick shelled river mussel) - near threatened
• Unio gibbus Spengler, 1793
• Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819
• C. Pfeiffer, 1825
• Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Painter's mussel)
• Unio ravoisieri Deshayes, 1848
• Unio tumidiformis Castro, 1885
• Unio tumidus (Swollen river mussel)
• Unio turtoni
• Rossmässler, 1854

References[]

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External links[]

• "Unio" . The New Student's Reference Work . 1914.

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