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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

For each valid genus, the valid species are listed, Recent taxa first.

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini

genus Unio Philipsson in Retzius, 1788: valid species
     113 nominal genera as synonyms | Cladomics

Unio abyssinicus Martens, 1866
8 synonyms | 7 specimens
Range: Lake Tana, Ethiopia and as a subfossil in the Nile, northeastern Africa. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Endangered.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Unio bruguierianus Bourguignat, 1853
39 synonyms | 4 specimens
Range: Eastern Mediterranean Europe to Syria and Iraq. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio caffer Krauss, 1848
31 synonyms | 184 specimens
Range: Southern Africa, north to the Zambezi. [Afrotropics]
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Cafferia caffer).
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2 3 4 5.

Unio carneus Küster, 1854
3 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Montenegro, Mediterranean Europe. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: COI, mtGenome.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio courtillieri Hattemann, 1859
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: France. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI.

Unio crassus Philipsson in Retzius, 1788
311 synonyms | 118 specimens
Range: Widespread in continental Europe through the Dardanelles to Transcaucasia. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, Cytb, ITS1, ND1, mtGenome, mtGenome M-type.
IUCN Red List: Endangered.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2 3 4.

Unio damascensis Lea, 1863
3 synonyms | 3 specimens
Range: Mediterranean Central Turkey to the Orontes River in Syria. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio delicatus Lea, 1863
19 synonyms | 11 specimens
Range: European Turkey, to the Orontes in Syria. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793
45 synonyms | 13 specimens
Range: Atlantic basins of the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome, mtGenome M-type.
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Unio dembeae Reeve, 1865
20 synonyms | 14 specimens
Range: The Nile and Lake Turkana basins in northeastern Africa. [Afrotropics]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio durieui Deshayes, 1847
10 synonyms | 2 specimens
Range: Mediterranean northern Africa. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI.
IUCN Red List: Endangered.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Unio elongatulus Pfeiffer, 1825
91 synonyms | 4 specimens
Range: Mediterranean Europe. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Unio eucirrus Bourguignat, 1857
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Karamenderes River, Turkey. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio foucauldianus Pallary, 1936
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Morocco, Palearctic North Africa. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI.
IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio gibbus Spengler, 1793
5 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Iberian Peninsula and Morocco. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, SRA, mtGenome.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Unio hueti Bourguignat, 1855
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Upper Euphrates in Syria and Iraq. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI.
Other web site: MolluscaBase 2.

Unio ionicus Drouët, 1879
3 synonyms | 1 specimen
Range: Greece. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, mtGenome.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819
211 synonyms | 96 specimens
Range: Spain to Italy, in basins draining to the Mediterranean. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome.
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Unio turtoni), Near Threatened.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase 2 3 4 5.

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
158 synonyms | 56 specimens
Range: Widespread in Europe, from the Atlantic to the Volga and Black Sea. Introduced to the Amur Basin, eastern Asia. [East Asia, North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 16S M-type, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, Cytb, H3, ITS1, mtGenome, mtGenome M-type.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Unio ravoisieri Deshayes, 1848
14 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Iberian Peninsula and northern Africa. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, 28S, COI.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Unio sesirmensis Kobelt, 1913
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Turkey. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio terminalis Bourguignat, 1852
17 synonyms | 3 specimens
Range: Jordon River basin, Israel. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome.
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio tigridis Bourguignat, 1852
32 synonyms | 16 specimens
Range: Syria to Iraq. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web sites: ITIS 2 MolluscaBase.

Unio tumidiformis Castro, 1885
9 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Southwestern rivers on the Iberian Peninsula, Portugal and Spain. [North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome.
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Unio tumidus Philipsson in Retzius, 1788
90 synonyms | 26 specimens
Range: Widespread in Europe. Introduced to the Amur Basin. [East Asia, North Eurasia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 16S M-type, 18S, 28S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, Cytb, ITS1, ND1, mtGenome, mtGenome M-type.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Unio asturianus Delevene, Munt, Piñuela & García-Ramos, 2016 (Jurassic)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Late Jurassic, Spain. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio baileyi Logan, 1900 (Jurassic)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Jurassic, North America.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio bituberculosus Martens, 1874 (fossil)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range:
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio exquisitus Lindholm, 1932 (fossil)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range:
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio iridoides White, 1886 (Jurassic)
3 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Jurassic, North America.

Unio kirchbergensis Krauss, 1852 (Tertiary)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Miocene, Germany. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio knightii Logan, 1900 (Jurassic)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Jurassic, North America.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio lapilloides White, 1886 (Jurassic)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Jurassic, North America.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio macropisthus White, 1886 (Jurassic)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Jurassic, North America.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio mammillaris Yen, 1952 (Jurassic)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Jurassic, North America.

Unio migliorinii Magrograssi, 1928 (Tertiary)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Isle of Rhodes, Tertiary. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio nucalis Meek & Hayden, 1858 (Jurassic)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Jurassic, North America.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio pseudatavus Bukowski, 1896 (Tertiary)
3 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Isle of Rhodes, Tertiary. [North Eurasia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio tschiliensis Sturany, 1901 (Quaternary)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Pleistocene, Asia.

Unio uniseralis (Lindholm, 1932) (fossil)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range:
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Unio willistoni Logan, 1900 (Jurassic)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Jurassic, North America.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

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