Unio (bivalve)

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Kingdom Animalia Family Unionidae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus		Order Unionoida Scientific name Unio Higher classification Unionidae

Lower classifications Thick shelled river mus, Painter's mussel

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

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

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