Unio crassus

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Thick shelled river mussel
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Unio crassus from Lužnice River, Czech Republic
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Unio
Species:
U. crassus
Binomial name
Unio crassus
Philipsson  [ de ]in Retzius, 1788 [2]

Unio crassus, the thick shelled river mussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. [3]

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Subspecies

Ecology

As part of newly discovered reproductive behaviour, this mollusc crawls up to the edge of the water, exposing its excurrent aperture, and then lets loose a stream of water. The fountain of water often contains glochidia, and it is suggested that this spurting behavior may facilitate dispersal of mussel larvae [4] (video). [5]

Decline

The thick shelled river mussel declined during the 20th century everywhere in Europe due to deteriorating water quality, [6] habitat fragmentation and host fish limitation. [7]

Distribution

Its native distribution is Europe and Western Asia. [1] [8]

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