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Unio (bivalve)






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Unio
Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent

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A shell of Unio pictorum (Painter's mussel), anterior end towards the left
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Subfamily: Unioninae
Tribe: Unionini
Genus: Unio
Philipsson [se], 1788
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Batavusiana Bourguignat, 1889 (superseded rank)
  • Batavusiana (Crassunio) Modell, 1964 (a junior synonym)
  • Cafferia C. T. Simpson, 1900 junior subjective synonym
  • Consentunio Jatsko, 1972 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Crassiana Servain, 1882 junior subjective synonym
  • Crassunio Modell, 1964 (junior objective synonym)
  • Eolymnium Prashad, 1919 junior subjective synonym
  • Eolymnium (Shadininaia) Starobogatov, 1983 (a junior synonym)
  • Limnium (incorrect subsequent spelling of Lymnium)
  • Lymnium Moquin-Tandon, 1856
  • Margarita (Unio) Philipsson, 1788 (reversed priority of genus-group names)
  • Margaron (Unio) Philipsson, 1788 (reversed priority of genus-group names)
  • Mysca W. Turton, 1822 junior subjective synonym
  • Nemrodia Pallary, 1939 (unavailable; the name published without designating a type species)
  • † Ningxiaconcha Q.-H. Ma, 1991 junior subjective synonym
  • Nodularia (Cafferia) C. T. Simpson, 1900 superseded combination
  • Pictunio Jatsko, 1972 (junior objective synonym of Unio)
  • Unio (Bataviana) Servain, 1882 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio (Batavusiana) Bourguignat, 1889 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio (Cafferia) C. T. Simpson, 1900 superseded combination
  • Unio (Consentunio) Jatsko, 1972 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Unio (Crassiana) Servain, 1882 junior subjective synonym
  • Unio (Crassunio) Modell, 1964 (junior objective synonym)
  • Unio (Eolymnium) Prashad, 1919 junior subjective synonym
  • Unio (Limnium) [sic] (incorrect subsequent spelling of Lymnium; synonym)
  • Unio (Lymnium) Moquin-Tandon, 1856
  • Unio (Nemrodia) Pallary, 1939 (original rank)
  • Unio (Tumidunio) Jatsko, 1972
  • Unio (Tumidusiana) Locard, 1889
  • Unio (Unio) Philipsson, 1788
  • Unionea Rafinesque, 1815 (unnecessary substitute name or unjustified emendation of Unio)
  • Unis F. W. Hutton, 1883 (orthographic variant)

Unio is a genus of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. They are found throughout Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, with some species introduced to East Asia. Fossil species are also known from the JurassicofNorth America.[1]

Unio is the type genus of the family Unionidae.

Species[edit]

Species in the genus Unio include:[1][2]

References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Unio.
  1. ^ a b "MUSSELpdb | valid gen. Unio species". mussel-project.uwsp.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  • ^ "Molluscabase - Unio Philipsson, 1788". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  • ^ Bouchet, P. & von Cosel, R. 1996. Unio cariei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

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