Unio (genus)
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Painter's mussel ( Unio pictorum )
The river mussels ( Unio ) are a genus within the same family ( Unionidae ). They develop larvae ( glochidia ) are parasitic on fish gills. The three types of U. crassus, U. and U. pictorum Tumidus are native to Central Europe.
Species
- † Unio cariei
- Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788 - river mussel
- Unio elongatulus C. Pfeiffer, 1825
- Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819
- Unio nickliniana
- Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) - painter's mussel
- Unio tampicoensis tecomatensis
- Unio Tumidus Philipsson, 1788 - Great River mussel
- Unio turtoni
- Unio valentianus Rossmaessler, 1854