Unionidae
The Unionidae are a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids.
Species
freshwater mussels
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderUnionida
- FamilyUnionidae
Habitatfreshwater
蚌科（學名：Unionidae），又名石蛤科或珠蚌科，是軟体動物門雙殼綱古異齒類一個淡水生的物種分支，也是現時蚌目之內最大的一個科，蚌總科之下四個科之一。受生長地帶所限，本科物種的分佈往往受地緣因素限制。
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Research
862 papers- Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from the rising sun (Far East Asia): phylogeny, systematics, and distribution.Molecular phylogenetics and evolution · 2020
- Therapie der Skabies.Dermatologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Origin and early diversification
- Life history
- Reproduction
- Taxonomy
- Genera by taxonomic order
- Genera by alphabetic order and region
- Fossilization and taphonomic implications
- References
- External links
The Unionidae are a family of freshwater mussels, the largest in the order Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids.
The range of distribution for this family is world-wide. It is at its most diverse in North America, with about 297 recognised taxa, but China and Southeast Asia also support very diverse faunas.