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

Unio Philipsson, 1788

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Unio crassus Philipson, 1788
Unio delphinus Spengler, 1793
Unio elongatulus C. Pfeiffer, 1825
Unio gibbus Spengler, 1793
Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819
Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Unio tumidiformis Castro, 1885
Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788

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

Literature

original description	Retzius A.J. (1788). Dissertatio historico-naturalis sistens nova testaceorum genera. Quam præside D. M. Andr. J. Retzio (...) ad publicum examen defert Laurentius Münter Philipsson. 4+23 pp. Lund.
additional source	Frierson, L. S. (1904). Notes on the structure of the shells of Unio. The Nautilus. 17(9): 98-99.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Unio Philipsson, 1788. 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:182707

Dr. Rafael Araujo. Unio Philipsson, 1788. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/01358e8c-8606-4e23-822b-c942b42da46d