Unio hamili McLearn 1929 (freshwater mussel)

Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae

Full reference: F. H. McLearn. 1929. Mesozoic Palaeontology of Blairmore Region: Cretaceous invertebrates. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 58:73-79

Belongs to Unio according to F. H. McLearn 1929

Sister taxa: Unio (Palaeunio), Unio belliplicatus, Unio bitumen, Unio carteri, Unio deserticus, Unio franconica, Unio galloprovincialis, Unio hubbardii, Unio hunteri, Unio imbricatus, Unio johnstoni, Unio kirchbergensis, Unio littoralis, Unio mamillatus, Unio natosini, Unio patapscoensis, Unio penultimus, Unio peregrinus, Unio pictorum, Unio rackianus, Unio regularis, Unio scrobicularioides, Unio sparsa, Unio stricklandii, Unio tumidus, Unio vetustus

Type specimen: Nat. Mus. of Canada 9029, a shell.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Unio hamili in the database

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