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Unionoida is an order within the class Bivalvia. Members of the order Unionoida are found on six continents. There are approximately 900 species.

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+{{Taxobox
-[[Image:Anodonta anatina1.jpg|thumb|''[[Anodonta anatina]]'']]
+| color = pink
-The '''Unionoida''' is a [[taxonomic]] category, an [[order (biology)| order]] within the class [[Bivalvia]]. This order consists of several [[genus|genera]] of freshwater mussels, including the genus ''[[Unio]]''.
+| name = Unionoida
+| image = Anodonta anatina1.jpg
+| image_caption = ''[[Anodonta anatina]]''
+| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
+| phylum = [[Mollusca]]
+| classis = [[Bivalvia]]
+| subclassis = [[Palaeoheterodonta]]
+| ordo = '''Unionoida'''
+| ordo_authority = Stoliczka, 1871
+| subdivision_ranks = [[family (biology)|Families]]
+| subdivision = See text.
+}}
-Members of the order Unionoida are found on six continents. There are approximately 900 species. <ref>Ecology and Evolution of the Freshwater Mussels</ref>
+'''Unionoida''' is an [[order (biology)| order]] within the class [[Bivalvia]].  Members of the order Unionoida are found on six continents. There are approximately 900 species.
+==Families in the Order Unionoida==
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+* [[Etheriidae]] <small>[[Swainson]], 1840</small>
+* [[Margaritiferidae]] <small>Haas, 1940</small>
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+* [[Mutelidae]] <small>[[Swainson]], 1840</small>
+* [[Unionidae]] <small>Fleming, 1828</small>
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+{{mollusc-stub}}
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