Unio tumidus
| Swollen river mussel | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Unio |
| Species: | U. tumidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Unio tumidus | |
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| Distribution of Unio tumidus in Europe. | |
Unio tumidus, the swollen river mussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.[3]
- Subspecies
- † Unio tumidus ludwigi Wenz, 1922
Synonyms
[edit]- Mya depressa Donovan, 1801 (a junior synonym)
- Mysca solida W. Turton, 1822 junior subjective synonym
- Unio (Tumidusiana) tumidus Philipsson, 1788 ·
- Unio (Unio) conus Spengler, 1793 ·
- Unio (Unio) muelleri Rossmässler, 1838 (a junior synonym)
- Unio (Unio) tumidus Philipsson, 1788 ·
- Unio conus Spengler, 1793 ·
- Unio gerstfeldtianus Clessin, 1880 · (a junior synonym)
- Unio inflata Hecart, 1833 (unavailable; a junior homonym of Unio inflatus Studer, 1820)
- Unio lauterborni F. Haas, 1909 (a junior synonym)
- Unio limosus var. maxima Mörch, 1864 (a junior synonym)
- Unio muelleri Rossmässler, 1838 ·
- Unio ovalis (Montagu, 1803) ·
- Unio rhenanus Kobelt, 1886 (a junior synonym)
- Unio tumidus gerstfeldtianus Clessin, 1880 (a junior synonym)
- Unio tumidus ilekensis Kobelt, 1911 (a junior synonym)
- Unio tumidus var. bashkiricus Zhadin, 1938 (a junior synonym)
- Unio tumidus var. borysthenensis Kobelt, 1880 (a junior synonym)
- Unio tumidus var. corrosus Zelebor, 1851 (a junior synonym)
- Unio tumidus var. falcatulus Drouët, 1881 (a junior synonym)
- Unio tumidus var. fridmani Zhadin, 1938 (a junior synonym)
- Unio tumidus var. heckingi Colbeau, 1868 (a junior synonym)
- Unio tumidus var. kobeltianus Zhadin, 1938 ·
- Unio tumidus var. limicola Mörch, 1864 (a junior synonym)
- Unio tumidus var. moltschanovi Zhadin, 1938 (a junior synonym)
- Unio tumidus var. okae Kobelt, 1911 (invalid; junior homonym of Unio...)
- Unio tumidus var. picta Mörch, 1864 ·
- Unio tumidus var. rohrmanni Kobelt, 1880 (a junior synonym)
- Unio tumidus var. saccatus Rossmässler, 1858 (a junior synonym)
Distribution
[edit]Its native distribution is European.[1][4]
- Croatia
- Czech Republic - in Bohemia, in Moravia,[5] vulnerable (VU)[6][7]
- Germany
- Germany - high endangered (Stark gefährdet) [8]
- Germany - Listed as a specially protected species in annex 1 in Bundesartenschutzverordnung.
- Latvia
- Lithuania - vulnerable
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Slovakia
- Sweden[9]
- British Isles - in England
References
[edit]- 1 2 Van Damme, D. (2011). "Unio tumidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011 e.T156111A4898810. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T156111A4898810.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ "Unio tumidus Philipsson in Retzius, 1788". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182708 on 2023-01-09
- ↑ "Unio tumidus Philipson, 1788". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ↑ (in Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.
- ↑ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
- ↑ Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/redlist.htm
- ↑ Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
- ↑ "Swollen river mussel – Naturhistoriska riksmuseet". Archived from the original on 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
External links
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- 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.
- Spengler L. (1793). Beskrivelse over et nyt Slægt af de toskallede Konchylier, forhen af mig kaldet Chæna, saa og over det Linnéiske Slægt Mya, hvilket nøiere bestemmes, og inddeles i tvende Slægter. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet. 3(1): 16-69, pl. 2
Right and left valve of the same specimen:
Right valve
Left valve
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