Unio turtoni

Unio turtoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Unio
Species: U. turtoni
Binomial name
Unio turtoni
B.C. Payraudeau, 1826

Unio turtoni is a species of medium-sized freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to France and eastern Spain and is rarely found.

References

  1. Seddon M. B. 1996. Unio turtoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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