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