Unio Temporal range: Triassic–Recent |
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A shell of Unio pictorum (Painter's mussel), anterior end towards the left | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Unionoida |
Family: | Unionidae |
Genus: |
Unio Philipsson, 1788 |
Species | |
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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 in the genus Unio include: