| Unio delphinus | |
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| Shell of Unio delphinus (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Superfamily: | Unionoidea |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Unio |
| Species: | U. delphinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Unio delphinus is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Unionidae. [1] [2]
This species occurs in the Atlantic basins of the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco
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Paphies is a genus of large, edible, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Mesodesmatidae. The genus is endemic to New Zealand. The species in this genus include the pipi, tuatua and toheroa.
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Callochiton dentatus, the broad chiton, is a medium to large-sized polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Callochitonidae, found on the coast of southern Africa.
Solecurtus is a genus of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve molluscs in the family Solecurtidae.
Polititapes aureus is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Veneridae.
Right and left valve of the same specimen:
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