Unio mancus
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| A view of valves of Unio mancus | |
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| Species: | U. mancus
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| Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819
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Unio mancus is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. [1][2]
Distribution
This species can be found from northeast Spain throughout the Mediterranean zone, northeast Africa and in the Middle East. [3] It is present in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria and Turkey.[4]
Description
Shells of Unio mancus usually reach a size of 55–65 millimetres (2.2–2.6 in), with a maximum of 10 centimetres (3.9 in).[5] These freshwater mussels have a dark brown or yellowish-green periostracum. The shells are equivalve, inequilateral and oval-shaped, with a rounded anterior margin and a truncated posterior margin. The inner is iridescent white.[6]
References
- ^ Catalogue of life
- ^ WoRMS
- ^ Encyclopedia of life
- ^ IUCN
- ^ Annales de la Société Linneenne de Maine-et-Loire. – v1 (1853)
- ^ RAFAEL ARAUJO, IGNACIOGO MEZ AND ANNIE MACHORDOM THE IDENTITY AND BIOLOGY OF UNIO MANCUS LAMARCK, 1819 (=U. ELONGATULUS)(BIVALVIA:UNIONIDAE) IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
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