Unio mancus

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Unio mancus
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A view of valves of Unio mancus
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A live individual of Unio mancus
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Subfamily: Unioninae
Tribe: Unionini
Genus: Unio
Species:
U. mancus
Binomial name
Unio mancus
Lamarck, 1819
Synonyms
  • Unio elongatulusPfeiffer, 1825
  • Unio emarginatusI. Lea, 1834 ·
  • Unio fascellinusLocard, 1882
  • Unio lagnisicusBourguignat, 1882 ·
  • Unio mancaLamarck, 1819
  • Unio plebeiusDrouët, 1888 (junior homonym of Unio compressus var. plebiusC.B. Adams, 1842)
  • Unio suborbicularisDrouët, 1888
  • Unio valentinusRossmässler, 1854 (junior synonym)
  • Unio voltzii var. ursannensisKobelt, 1911 (junior synonym)

Unio mancus is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. [2] [3]

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Subspecies

Distribution

This species can be found from northeast Spain throughout the Mediterranean zone, northeast Africa and in the Middle East. [4] It is present in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria and Turkey. [1]

Description

Shells of Unio mancus usually reach a size of 55–65 millimetres (2.2–2.6 in), with a maximum of 10 centimetres (3.9 in). [5] These freshwater mussels have a dark brown or yellowish-green periostracum. The shells are equivalve, inequilateral and oval-shaped, with a rounded anterior margin and a truncated posterior margin. The inner is iridescent white. [6]

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References

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