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Actinonaias
Sign in to saveActinonaias is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Actinonaias is referenced by 4 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, Greek and Mollusca.
It is catalogued under topics including Bivalve genera, Taxa described in 1894 and Taxa named by Paul Henri Fischer.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderUnionida
- FamilyUnionidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 45
- With media
- 92
- Family
- Unionidae
- Collections
- OSUM, CMN, USNM, UTEP, AUM, ALMNH
- Recorded in
- Honduras, Canada, United States, Mexico, Guatemala
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Unionidae
- Image
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.326584 - Actinonaias medellina (Lea, 1838) - Unionidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
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Encyclopedic overview
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Actinonaias is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae.
==Taxonomy and history== Actinonaias was first described as a subgenus of Unio in 1894 by Joseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse and Paul Henri Fischer, with Unio sapotalensis as the type species. The name Actinonaias is derived from the Greek words , meaning "ray", and , meaning "naiad".
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