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

Unioninae Rafinesque, 1820

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Anodontini Rafinesque, 1820
Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876
Sinanodonta Modell, 1945
Unionini Rafinesque, 1820

Literature

original description

Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques. 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82.

additional source

InvertEBase. (2015). Authority files of U.S. and Canadian land and freshwater mollusks developed for the InvertEBase project (invertebase.org).

additional source

Frierson, L. S. (1909). Remarks on the subfamilies Hyriinae and Unioninae. The Nautilus. 22(10): 106-107.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Unioninae 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:856824

Dr. Rafael Araujo. Unioninae Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/e2b9214d-9533-47da-8a9d-3080995b3017

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


fresh

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:856824
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:337981

Last modified

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

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