Unio tumidus

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Swollen river mussel
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Unio
Species:
U. tumidus
Binomial name
Unio tumidus
Philipsson  [ de ]in Retzius, 1788 [2]
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Distribution of Unio tumidus in Europe.

Unio tumidus, the swollen river mussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. [3]

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Distribution

Its native distribution is European. [1] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Van Damme, D. (2011). "Unio tumidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T156111A4898810. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T156111A4898810.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. "Unio tumidus Philipsson in Retzius, 1788". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182708 on 2023-01-09
  4. "Unio tumidus Philipson, 1788". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  5. (in Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.
  6. Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
  7. Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/redlist.htm
  8. Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, ISBN   3-923376-02-2
  9. Swollen river mussel – Naturhistoriska riksmuseet

Right and left valve of the same specimen: