Unio franconica Dehm 1935 (freshwater mussel)

Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae

Full reference: R. Dehm. 1935. Beobachtungen im oberen Bunten Keuper Mittelfrankens [Observations on the upper Bunter Keuper from middle Franconia]. Zentralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Abteilung B: Geologie und Paläontologie 1935(4):97-109

Belongs to Unio according to R. Dehm 1935

Sister taxa: Unio (Palaeunio), Unio belliplicatus, Unio bitumen, Unio carteri, Unio deserticus, Unio galloprovincialis, Unio hamili, 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

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

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

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