Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Palaeoheterodonta > Order Unionida > Superfamily Unionoidea > Family Unionidae > Subfamily Unioninae > Tribe Unionini > Genus Unio

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mya Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Unio*	Philipsson, 1788	accepted genus name

Children

Unio pictorum ascanius Kobelt, 1913
Unio pictorum gaudioni Drouet, 1881
Unio pictorum latirostris Kuster, 1854
Unio pictorum pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Unio pictorum platyrhynchoideus Dupuy, 1849
Unio pictorum platyrhynchus Rossmassler, 1835
Unio pictorum praeposterus Kuster, 1854
Unio pictorum proechistus Bourguignat, 1870
Unio pictorum rostratus Lamarck, 1819
Unio pictorum schrenkianus Clessin, 1880

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: stor malermusling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: schildersmossel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: painter's mussel 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: Malermuschel 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: äkta målarmussla

Literature

basis of record	Bolotov, I. N.; Kondakov, A. V.; Konopleva, E. S.; Vikhrev, I. V.; Aksenova, O. V.; Aksenov, A. S.; Bespalaya, Y. V.; Borovskoy, A. V.; Danilov, P. P.; Dvoryankin, G. A.; Gofarov, M. Y.; Kabakov, M. B.; Klishko, O. K.; Kolosova, Y. S.; Lyubas, A. A.; Novoselov, A. P.; Palatov, D. M.; Savvinov, G. N.; Solomonov, N. M.; Spitsyn, V. M.; Sokolova, S. E.; Tomilova, A. A.; Froufe, E.; Bogan, A. E.; Lopes-Lima, M.; Makhrov, A. A.; Vinarski, M. V. (2020). Integrative taxonomy, biogeography and conservation of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) in Russia. Scientific Reports. 10(1).
additional source	Ortmann, A. E. (1914). Studies in najades [continued]. The Nautilus. 28(3): 28-34.
additional source	Klishko, O.; Lopes-Lima, M.; Froufe, E.; Bogan, A.; Vasiliev, L.; Yanovich, L. (2017). Taxonomic reassessment of the freshwater mussel genus Unio (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in Russia and Ukraine based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa. 4286(1): 93-112.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:234102

Dr. Rafael Araujo. Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/3d5b1f10-3f45-490e-8dec-a0bb1891b87b