Unio Philipsson, 1788
(a genus of molluscs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Unio pictorum
Painter’s Mussel
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 		Species 10 images
Unio tumidus
Swollen River Mussel
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 		Species 11 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusUnio (a genus of molluscs)
FamilyUNIONIDAE (a family of freshwater mussels)
OrderUNIONOIDA (an order of molluscs)
ClassBIVALVIA (bivalves)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Unio (a genus of molluscs) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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