Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Palaeoheterodonta > Order Unionida > Superfamily Unionoidea

Unionidae Rafinesque, 1820

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Microcondylaea Vest, 1866
Potomida Swainson, 1840
Unioninae Rafinesque, 1820

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: freshwater mussels sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 German: Flussmuscheln sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 Swedish: målarmusslor

Literature

additional source

Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184.

additional source

Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1956). Freshwater mollusks of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida from the Escambia to the Suwannee River. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 1(3): 97-239, pls. 1-9.

taxonomy source

Pfeiffer, J. M.; Breinholt, J. W.; Page, L. M. (2019). Unioverse: A phylogenomic resource for reconstructing the evolution of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionoida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 137: 114-126.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Unionidae Rafinesque, 1820. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160333

Dr. Rafael Araujo. Unionidae Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/515d9f12-c64d-49b2-a86e-7fb8895295a3

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, not brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160333
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:11486

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2024-10-12 by Dr. Rafael Araujo & by Simon Schneider

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