Unio

See also: unio and unió

Translingual

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why are these called unio implying a one - they are bivalves with two shells!”)

Proper noun

Unio m

A taxonomic genus within the family Unionidae – medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks - the river mussels.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia - class, Autobranchia - subclass, Heteroconchia - superorder; Unionida - order, Unionoidea - superfamily; Unionidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Unio pictorum - type species

References

Unio (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Unio on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Unio on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Unio at World Register of Marine Species

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