Unio mancus | |
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A view of valves of Unio mancus | |
A live individual of Unio mancus | |
Scientific classification | |
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 | |
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Unio mancus is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. [2] [3]
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]
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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