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Unio Temporal range: Triassic–Recent |
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| A shell of Unio pictorum (Painter's mussel), anterior end towards the left | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionoida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: |
Unio Philipsson, 1788 |
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Unio is a genus of medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
Unio is the type genus of the family Unionidae.
Species in the genus Unio include: