Unio (genus)
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 Unio pictorum (Painter's mussel)
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Unio is a genus of freshwater mussels. It is the type genus of the family Unionidae.
[edit] Species
Species in this genus include:
- Unio cariei - extinct [1]
- Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788 (Thick shelled river mussel) - near threatened
- Unio elongatulus C. Pfeiffer, 1825
- Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Painter's mussel)
- Unio tumidus (Swollen river mussel)
- Unio turtoni [2]
[edit] References
- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Unio crassus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited February 11 2007. http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/22740/summ
- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Unio crassus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited February 11 2007. http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/22741/summ
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