Unio (bivalve)
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| Genus: | Unio Philipsson, 1788
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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 mancus Lamarck, 1819
- Unio elongatulus C. Pfeiffer, 1825
- Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Painter's mussel)
- Unio tumidus (Swollen river mussel)
- Unio turtoni
- Unio valentianus Rossmässler, 1854
References
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- ^ Bouchet, P. & von Cosel, R. 1996. Unio cariei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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