Unio pictorum
| Painter's mussel | |
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| External view of left valve of the shell | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionoida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Unio |
| Species: | U. pictorum |
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Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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The painter's mussel, scientific name Unio pictorum, is a species of medium-sized freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
This species lives in Europe. It is called the "painter's mussel" because the shell was historically used as a conveniently sized and shaped receptacle for holding artist's paint.
The native distribution of this species is Europe.
Biotope: water bodies and slower streams.
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