Unio (bivalve)

Unio; Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	A shell of Unio pictorum (Painter's mussel), anterior end towards the left
Scientific 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	Batavusiana Bourguignat, 1889 (superseded rank); Batavusiana (Crassunio) Modell, 1964 (a junior synonym); Cafferia C. T. Simpson, 1900 junior subjective synonym; Consentunio Jatsko, 1972 (junior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a type species); † Ningxiaconcha Q.-H. Ma, 1991 junior subjective synonym; Nodularia (Cafferia) C. T. Simpson, 1900 superseded combination; Pictunio Jatsko, 1972 (junior objective synonym of Unio); Unio (Bataviana) Servain, 1882 (a junior synonym); Unio (Batavusiana) Bourguignat, 1889 (a junior synonym); Unio (Cafferia) C. T. Simpson, 1900 superseded combination; Unio (Consentunio) Jatsko, 1972 (junior subjective synonym); Unio (Crassiana) Servain, 1882 junior subjective synonym; Unio (Crassunio) Modell,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 Jurassic of North America.^[1]

Unio is the type genus of the family Unionidae.

Species[edit]

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

Unio abyssinicus Martens, 1866
Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853
Unio caffer Krauss, 1848
Unio cariei – extinct^[3] (no longer recognised)
Unio courtillieri Hattemann, 1859
Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788 (Thick shelled river mussel) - near threatened
Unio damascensis Lea, 1863
Unio delicatus Lea, 1863
Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793
Unio dembeae Reeve, 1865
Unio durieui Deshayes, 1847
Unio elongatulus C. Pfeiffer, 1825
Unio eucirrus Bourguignat, 1857
Unio foucauldianus Pallary, 1936
Unio gibbus Spengler, 1793
Unio hueti Bourguignat, 1855
Unio ionicus Drouët, 1879
Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819
Unio meridionalis Drouët, 1883
Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Painter's mussel)
Unio ravoisieri Deshayes, 1848
Unio sesirmensis Kobelt, 1913
Unio terminalis Bourguignat, 1852
Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852
Unio tumidiformis Castro, 1885
Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788 (Swollen river mussel)
Unio turtoni (=Unio mancus)

References[edit]

^ ^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.

External links[edit]

"Unio" . The New Student's Reference Work . 1914.

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[:0-1] "MUSSELpdb | valid gen. Unio species". mussel-project.uwsp.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-04.

[2] "Molluscabase - Unio Philipsson, 1788". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2022-11-04.

[3] Bouchet, P. & von Cosel, R. 1996. Unio cariei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

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