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Unio
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Subclass
Order
Superfamily
Family
Genus
Nomenclatural_Code
Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Palaeoheterodonta
Unionoida
Unionoidea
Unionidae
Unio
ICZN
Name Authority:
WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species)
Common Name(s):
No common names recorded.
Related Publications:
No related publications recorded.
Cited MCZ Specimens:
MCZ:Mala:5293
Syntype p.
286
in
Lea 1840
MCZ:Mala:178918
Voucher p.
123
in
Johnson 1974
Synonymns and other Related Names:
No related names recorded.
Related Taxon Records:
Included Species (675)
Included Species:
Unio (Cafferia) caffei
Kraus
Unio (Elliptio) sanctorumjohanium
B.H. Wright
Unio (Elliptio) webbianus
B. H. Wright, 1934
Unio (Hyridella) sentaniensis
Haas
Unio (Nephronaias) ortmanni
Frierson, 1913
Unio (Nodularia) nilotica
Unio (Obovaria) jacksonianus
Unio (Pleurobema) hagleri
Fri.
Unio aberti
Conrad
Unio abortivus
Heude
Unio acuens
Lea
Unio acutissimus
Lea
Unio aesopus
Barnes
Unio aethiopidromis
martins Ihring
Unio affinis
Lea
Unio ahenus
Lea
Unio alasmodontinus
Unio alaton
Unio alatus
Unio altilis
Conrad
Unio ambiguus
Phil.
Unio amygdalum
Lea
Unio anaticulus
I. Lea, 1861
Unio anceps
Deshayes
Unio anceyi
Wright
Unio andrewsae
Marsh
Unio angustatus
(Lea, 1827)
Unio anodontoides
Lea
Unio anthonyii
Lea
Unio apiculatus
Say
Unio appressus
Lea
Unio approximus
Lea
Unio aquilis
Lea
Unio aquilus
Lea
Unio aratus
Lea
Unio arctatus
Conrad
Unio arctior
Lea, 1838
Unio arcuatus
Conrad
Unio aregenteus
Lea
Unio argenteus
Lea
Unio arkansasaensis
Lea
Unio armathwaitensis
Wright, B. H.
Unio ascia
Unio askewi
Marsh
Unio asper
Lea
Unio asperatus
Lea
Unio atarus
(Partch)
Unio aureus
I. Lea, 1859
Unio auroreus
Heude
Unio averellii
B. H. Wright, 1888
Unio bairdianus
Lea, 1857
Unio balonensis
Cour
Unio barnesianus
Lea
Unio batavus
Maton et Rackett
Unio beaverensis
Lea
Unio bericulus
Call
Unio berlandieri
Unio berlandierii
Lea
Unio biangularis
Lea
Unio biangulatus
Lea
Unio bigbyensis
Lea
Unio bisselhanus
Lea
Unio bisselianus
Lea
Unio bissellianus
Lea
Unio blandianus
(I. Lea, 1842)
Unio blandigianus
Lea
Unio blandingianus
Lea
Unio bollii
Call
Unio borealis
Unio bournianus
Lea
Unio boydianus
Lea
Unio brandisi
Kob
Unio breviculus
Call
Unio brevidens
Lea, 1831
Unio bruguierei
Bgt.
Unio bruguierianus
Bourguignat, 1853
Unio buckleyi
Lea
Unio bulbosus
Lea
Unio burtchianus
Wright
Unio buxtoni
Wright, 1897
Unio bybasii
Lea
Unio caelatus
Conrad
Unio caerula
Lea
Unio caerules
Lea
Unio caffer
Kraus
Unio californiaensis
Lea
Unio caliginosus
Lea
Unio camelopardilis
Lea
Unio camelus
Lea
Unio camptodon
Say
Unio canadensis
Lea
Unio capax
Green
Unio capsaeformis
Lea
Unio cardium
Unio cariosus
Say
Unio castaneus
Lea
Unio catawhensis
Lea
Unio celtiformis
Heude
Unio cerinus
Conrad
Unio chattanoogensis
Lea
Unio chickasawhensis
I. Lea, 1861
Unio chinensis
Lea
Unio cicatricosus
Say
Unio cincinnatiensis
Lea
Unio circulus
Lea, 1829
Unio circumactus
Lea
Unio claibonensis
Lea
Unio claibornensis
Lea
Unio clarkianus
Lea
Unio clavus
Unio clinchensis
Lea
Unio coccineus
Lea
Unio cofertus
Lea
Unio collinus
Con
Unio columbensis
Lea
Unio columbersis
Lea
Unio combianus
Lea
Unio compactus
Lea
Unio complanatus
Sol
Unio concavus
Lea
Unio concestata
Lea
Unio concestator
Lea
Unio confertus
Lea
Unio congareus
Sol
Unio conradianus
Lea
Unio conradicus
Lea
Unio consobrinus
Lea
Unio conspicuus
Lea
Unio constrictus
Conrad
Unio contiguus
Lea
Unio cooperianus
Lea
Unio cor
Conrad
Unio cornutus
Unio corrianus
Lea
Unio coruscus
Gould, 1848
Unio corvinus
Lea, 1868
Unio corvus
Lea
Unio crassidens
Lamarck
Unio crassus
Philipsson
Unio crispata
Gould, 1843
Unio crispisulcatus
Benson, 1862
Unio crocatus
Lea
Unio cromwelli
Lea
Unio crudus
Lea
Unio cumberlandianus
Conr
Unio cumberlandicus
Lea
Unio cumminghami
Wright
Unio cuneatus
Unio cuneolus
Lea
Unio cunninghami
Wr.
Unio curtus
Lea
Unio cylindricus
Unio dactylus
Lea
Unio dalli
Lea
Unio dallii
B.H. Wright
Unio daniellsii
Lea
Unio dariensis
(I. Lea, 1842)
Unio datus
Lea
Unio decisus
Lea
Unio decoratus
(Conrad, 1835)
Unio delicatus
Lea
Unio delphinus
C.B. Adams, 1852
Unio denigratus
Lea
Unio dentiponderosus
Call
Unio despar
Lea
Unio destructilis
Parreyss
Unio deviatus
Anthony
Unio diazensis
Wright
Unio difficilis
Lea
Unio dignatus
Lea
Unio discrepans
Lea
Unio dispar
Lea
Unio distans
Anthony
Unio doliaris
Lea
Unio dollabelloides
Lea
Unio dolobraeformis
Lea
Unio donaciformis
Lea
Unio dorei
Wright
Unio dorfeuillianus
I. Lea, 1838
Unio downiei
Lea, 1858
Unio durieni
Desh
Unio durieui
Desh
Unio duvieui
Desh
Unio edgarianus
Lea
Unio elegans
Unio ellilpticus
Unio ellipsis
Lea
Unio elongatulus
Rossmässler, 1835
Unio emesaensis
Lea
Unio errans
Lea
Unio eseri
Krauss
Unio excavatus
Lea
Unio exiguus
Lea
Unio extensus
Lea
Unio fabalis
Lea
Unio fallax
Lea
Unio farosus
Lea
Unio fasciolaris
Raf.
Unio fasciolus
Raf
Unio fassianus
Lea
Unio fatuus
Lea
Unio favosus
Lea
Unio fisherianus
Lea
Unio flavescens
Lea
Unio flavidens
Benson
Unio flavus
Unio flexuosus
Raf
Unio florentina
Lea
Unio florentinus
Lea
Unio floridensis
Lea
Unio foliatus
Unio forbesianus
Lea
Unio foremanianus
Lea
Unio formanianus
Lea
Unio forsheyi
Lea
Unio fragosus
Con
Unio friersoni
Wright
Unio fryanus
B. H. Wright
Unio fucatus
Lea
Unio fulgidus
Lea
Unio furvus
Conrad
Unio fuscatus
Lea
Unio gastonensis
Lea
Unio generosus
Gould, 1847
Unio genthii
Lea
Unio geometricus
Lea
Unio gerhardtii
Lea
Unio germanus
Lea
Unio gibber
Lea
Unio gibbosus
(Rafinesque, 1820)
Unio glaber
Lea
Unio gladiolus
Heude
Unio glandaceus
Lea
Unio glans
Lea, 1831
Unio glebulus
Unio glinensis
Parreyss
Unio gothlandica
Marth.
Unio gouldiamus
Ward
Unio gracilentus
Conrad
Unio gracilior
Lea
Unio gracilis
Unio graniferus
Lea
Unio granulatus
Lea
Unio gratiosus
'Parr' Kuster
Unio gravidus
Lea, 1856
Unio grayanus
Lea
Unio grennii
Conrad
Unio gundlachi
Dunker
Unio guppyi
Smith
Unio hallenbeckii
Lea
Unio hanleyanus
Lea
Unio hanleyianus
Lea
Unio harperi
B.H. Wright, 1899
Unio hartmanianus
Lea
Unio hartwrightii
Wright
Unio haysianus
Lea
Unio hazlehurstianus
Lea
Unio heber
Lea
Unio hebetatus
Conrad
Unio herlandieri
Lea
Unio hinckleyi
B. H. Wright
Unio hinkleyi
(Lea, 1843)
Unio hippopoeus
Lea
Unio hopetonensis
Lea
Unio housei
Lea
Unio houstonensis
Lea
Unio hydianus
Lea
Unio incrassatus
(Lamarck, 1819)
Unio ineptus
Lea
Unio inflata
Lea
Unio infucata
Conrad
Unio infurcatus
Unio infuscus
Lea
Unio ingallsianus
Lea, 1852
Unio inornatus
Lea, 1856
Unio insolidus
Lea
Unio instructus
Lea
Unio intercedens
Lea, 1857
Unio intermedius
Conrad
Unio interruptus
Lea
Unio interventus
Lea
Unio iridella
Pilsbry
Unio iris
Lea
Unio irroratus
Lea
Unio irwinensis
Lea
Unio japanensis
Lea, 1859
Unio javanus
Lea
Unio jayensis
Lea
Unio jewettii
Lea
Unio jonesii
Lea
Unio jourdyi
Dautz & H. Fisch
Unio kieneriana
Lea
Unio kingii
B.H. Wright, 1898
Unio kirklandensis
Wright
Unio kirklandianus
Wr.
Unio kirtlandiana
Lea
Unio kirtlandianus
Lea
Unio kleinianus
Lea
Unio kullethensis
Lea
Unio lachrymosus
Lea, 1827
Unio laevissimus
Lea
Unio lanceolatus
Lea, 1828
Unio largillierti
Philippi
Unio lawii
Lea
Unio lazarus
Lea
Unio leai
Gray
Unio lehmanii
Wright
Unio lenior
Lea
Unio lens
Lea
Unio lenticularis
Lea
Unio lepidus
Gould
Unio lesleyi
Lea
Unio lewisii
Lea
Unio liasimus
Schübler
Unio liasinus
Schubler
Unio lienosa
Conrad
Unio lienosus
Conrad
Unio ligamentinus
Unio limicola
Unio lineatus
Lea
Unio linsleyi
Lea
Unio lithophagus
Caillaud
Unio littoralis
Lamarck
Unio livingstonensis
Lea
Unio lugens
D and C
Unio lugubris
Lea
Unio luteolus
Lamarck
Unio lutulentus
Gould, 1850
Unio lyonii
Lea
Unio macrodon
Lea
Unio macropterus
More
Unio maestus
Lea
Unio manubius
Gould
Unio mardinensis
Lea
Unio margaritifer
L.
Unio mechlenbergensis
Lea
Unio medellinus
Lea
Unio medius
Lea
Unio menkianus
Lea
Unio menziesii
Gray
Unio meredithii
Lea
Unio merus
Lea
Unio metanervus
Raf
Unio metastriatus
Con
Unio meuxii
Unio micans
Lea
Unio mississippiensis
Conrad
Unio mitchelli
Simpson
Unio modicus
Lea
Unio monodontus
Say
Unio mooresianus
Lea
Unio mooroensis
Lea
Unio moreletianus
Heude
Unio mosulensis
Lea
Unio mucidus
Morelet
Unio muhlfeldianus
Lea
Unio multiplicatus
Lea
Unio mundus
Lea
Unio murchisonianus
Lea
Unio murrayensis
Lea
Unio mussolinus
uster
Unio nanus
Dup
Unio nashvilliensis
Lea
Unio nasutus
Say
Unio naviculoides
(Lea, 1827)
Unio negatus
Lea
Unio neislerii
Lea
Unio nepeansis
Cour
Unio newcombianus
Lea
Unio niagarensis
Unio nicaraguaensis
Lea
Unio nigellus
Lea
Unio nigerrimus
Lea
Unio nitens
Lea
Unio nobilis
Unio notatus
Lea
Unio novieboraci
Lea
Unio nubilus
Lea
Unio nux
Lea
Unio obesa
Unio obesus
Lea
Unio oblatus
Lea
Unio obliguus
Lamk
Unio obnubilis
Lea
Unio obovalis
Unio obscurus
Lea
Unio obtrusus
Lea
Unio obtusus
Lea
Unio occidens
Lea
Unio occidentalis
Con
Unio occultus
Lea
Unio ochraceus
Say
Unio ochseniusii
Lea
Unio ogecheensis
Con
Unio ogeecheensis
Conrad
Unio olivarius
Raf
Unio opacatus
C + F
Unio opalinus
Anthony
Unio orbiculatus
Hild
Unio orcuttii
S. H. Wright
Unio oriformis
Con
Unio orphaensis
Lea, 1865
Unio ortmanni
Frierson, 1913
Unio osbechii
Philippi
Unio oscari
Wright, 1892
Unio ovatus
Say
Unio ozarkensis
Call, 1887
Unio pallidofulvus
Lea
Unio paludicolus
Gould
Unio panacoensis
von dem Busch
Unio paramattensis
Lea
Unio paranensis
Unio parvulus
Lea, 1860
Unio parvus
Barnes
Unio patsaligensis
Simpson
Unio patulus
Lea
Unio paulus
Lea
Unio pavensis
Lea
Unio pawensis
Lea
Unio pealii
Lea
Unio peguensis
Anthony, 1865
Unio pellislacerti
Morelet, 1865
Unio penicillatus
Lea
Unio penitus
Conrad
Unio peraeformis
Lea
Unio percoarctatus
Sol
Unio perdix
Lea
Unio peregrinus
Phill.
Unio perlatus
Conrad
Unio perlucens
Lea
Unio pernodosus
Lea
Unio perovalis
Conrad
Unio perovatus
Conrad
Unio perplexus
Lea
Unio perradiatus
Lea
Unio personatus
Say
Unio perstriatus
Conrad
Unio petrinus
Gould
Unio phaseolus
Unio pictorium
L.
Unio pictorum
Linnaeus, 1758
Unio pictorumlimosus
Nils
Unio pictus
Lea
Unio pilaris
Lea
Unio pileus
Lea
Unio pilsbryi
Marsh
Unio pinei
Wright, 1897
Unio pinkstonii
Wright, S.H.
Unio pistorum
L.
Unio plancus
Lea, 1860
Unio planilaterus
Conrad
Unio pleasii
Marsh
Unio plectophorus
Conrad
Unio plenus
Lea
Unio plexus
Conrad
Unio plicatus
Leseur
Unio pliciferus
Lea
Unio pliciterus
Lea
Unio polymorphus
Wright
Unio polystictus
Heude
Unio popenoi
Conrad
Unio poulsoni
Conr.
Unio powellii
Lea
Unio prasinus
Conr
Unio prattii
Lea
Unio pressus
Unio primcatosa
Michaud
Unio pritorum
Unio productus
(Lea, 1838)
Unio propinquus
Lea
Unio propinquüs
Lea
Unio proprius
Lea
Unio proximus
Lea
Unio pruinosus
J.F. Schmidt, 1840
Unio psoricus
More.
Unio pugio
Benson, 1862
Unio pulcher
Lea
Unio pulvinulus
Lea
Unio punctatus
Lea
Unio purpuratus
Unio purpureus
Lea
Unio pusillus
Lea
Unio pustulatus
Lea
Unio pustulosus
Unio pybasii
Lea
Unio pyramidatus
Lea
Unio pyriforme
Lea
Unio pyriformis
Lea
Unio quadrulus
Unio radians
Lea
Unio radiatus
Lamarck
Unio radulosa
D + C
Unio raeensis
Lea
Unio rafinesqui
(Conrad, 1834)
Unio rajahensis
Lea
Unio ravanelianus
Lea
Unio ravenelianus
Lea
Unio reclusum
Wright, B.H.
Unio rectus
Lamarck
Unio reerianus
Lea
Unio reguienilongirostris
Unio regularis
Lea
Unio relatus
Conrad
Unio requieni
Mich
Unio requienii
Unio retusus
Lea
Unio rhyncoides
Dunker
Unio riddellii
Lea
Unio rochechourti
Heude
Unio rochechovartii
Heude
Unio rosaceus
Conrad, 1849
Unio rostraeformis
Lea
Unio rostriformis
(I. Lea, 1842)
Unio rostrum
Lea
Unio rotundatus
Lamarck
Unio rubellinus
Lea
Unio rubellus
Con
Unio ruber
Unio rubidus
Lea
Unio rubiginosa
Lea
Unio rubiginosus
Unio rufus
Lea
Unio rugatus
Menke
Unio rumphianus
Lea
Unio rusticus
Lea
Unio rutilans
(I. Lea, 1842)
Unio saccellus
D and C
Unio sacculus
Anthony
Unio sagittiformis
Lea
Unio salebrosus
Lea
Unio sanctojohanis
Wright
Unio satur
I. Lea, 1852
Unio savannahensis
Lea
Unio sayii
Ward, 1839
Unio schwerzenbachii
"Parreiss" Bourg
Unio scitulus
Lea
Unio scobinatus
Lea, 1856
Unio securis
Unio semigranosus
von dem Busch
Unio sericatus
Parr
Unio shepardensis
(Lea, 1834)
Unio shepardianus
Lea
Unio shepherdianus
Unio showalteri
Lea
Unio shurtleffianus
Lea
Unio siliquoideus
Unio simplex
Lea
Unio simpsoni
B. H. Wright
Unio simpsonii
B. H. Wright
Unio simus
Lea, 1838
Unio singleyanus
Marsh
Unio sinus
Lea
Unio socculus
Anthony
Unio solandri
Sow. (varly to fine)
Unio solidus
Unio sowerbyanus
Lea
Unio sparsus
Lea
Unio sparus
Lea
Unio spatulatus
Lea
Unio specioformis
Call
Unio speciosus
Lea
Unio spinosus
Lea
Unio splendidus
Lea
Unio squameus
(Conrad, 1834)
Unio stabilis
Lea
Unio stagnalis
Conrad, 1849
Unio stapes
Lea
Unio stegarius
Raf
Unio stewardsoni
Lea
Unio stewardsonii
Lea
Unio stramineus
Con
Unio striatissimus
J. G. Anthony, 1865
Unio striatus
Lea
Unio stribelii
Lea
Unio strodeanus
Wright
Unio strumosus
Lea
Unio subangulatus
Lea
Unio subcrassus
Lea
Unio subcroceus
Conrad
Unio subcylindraceus
Lea
Unio subellipsis
Lea
Unio sublatus
Conrad
Unio subplanus
Conrad
Unio subrostratus
Say
Unio subsquamosus
Lea
Unio subtentus
Say
Unio succissus
I. Lea, 1852
Unio sudus
Lea
Unio sulcatus
Lea
Unio sumatrensis
Lea
Unio superbus
Lea, 1843
Unio superiorensis
Marsh, 1897
Unio suttoni
B. H. Wright, 1897
Unio swinhoei
H. Adams, 1866
Unio symmetricus
Lea
Unio taitanus
Lea
Unio taitianus
Lea
Unio tampicoensis
Lea
Unio tavoyensis
Gould, 1843
Unio tenebricus
Lea
Unio tenuisculus
Frierson
Unio tenuissima
Say
Unio teres
Raf
Unio terminalis
Bgt.
Unio tetralasmus
Say
Unio tetricus
Lea
Unio texasensis
Lea
Unio thorntonii
Lea
Unio tigridis
Bourg.
Unio timidus
Philipsson
Unio tinkeri
B.H. Wright
Unio topekensis
Lea
Unio torsus
Unio tortivus
Conrad
Unio trabalis
Conrad
Unio trapezoides
Lea
Unio triangularis
Raf
Unio triclavus
Heude
Unio triembolus
Benson, 1862
Unio trigonus
Lea
Unio triumphans
Wr.
Unio troostensis
Lea
Unio troostii
Lea
Unio troschelianus
Lea
Unio tryoni
B. H. Wright, 1888
Unio tuberculatus
Barnes
Unio tuberosus
Lea
Unio tumescens
Lea
Unio tumidulus
Lea
Unio tumidus
Retzius, 1788
Unio tumudus
Retz
Unio tuomeyi
Lea
Unio tuommeyi
Lea
Unio turcicus
Parreyss
Unio turgidulus
Lea
Unio turgidus
(Barnes, 1823)
Unio turqidulus
Lea
Unio turtoni
Payr
Unio umbiginosus
Unio umbrans
Lea
Unio umbrosus
Lea
Unio undulatus
Barnes
Unio unicolor
Lea
Unio unionidae
Unio uniucostatus
B.H. Wright
Unio upsoni
'Marsh' Call
Unio utriculus
Barnes
Unio vadulosus
D and C
Unio vanaxemensis
Lea
Unio varicosus
Barnes
Unio ventricosus
Barnes
Unio venustus
Lea
Unio verecundus
Gld.
Unio verreauxianum
Iess.
Unio verreauxianus
Lea
Unio verrucosus
Unio verus
Lea
Unio vescoi
Bourg
Unio vestitus
Heude
Unio vibex
Conrad
Unio virescens
Lea
Unio vittatus
Lea
Unio vivicundus
Gould
Unio walkeri
B.H. Wright
Unio waltoni
Wright
Unio wardii
Lea
Unio websteri
B.H. Wright
Unio whiteianus
Lea
Unio woccamamensis
Lea
Unio woodwardianus
Lea
Unio yadkinensis
Lea, 1872
Unio zeiglerianus
Lea
Unio zelebori
Dunker
Unio zeleborii
Parreyss
Unio zonatus
Heude
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Unio
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Unio
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