Unio penultimus Gabb 1864 (freshwater mussel)

Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217

Belongs to Unio according to W. M. Gabb 1864

Sister taxa: Unio (Palaeunio), Unio belliplicatus, Unio bitumen, Unio carteri, Unio deserticus, Unio franconica, Unio galloprovincialis, Unio hamili, Unio hubbardii, Unio hunteri, Unio imbricatus, Unio johnstoni, Unio kirchbergensis, Unio littoralis, Unio mamillatus, Unio natosini, Unio patapscoensis, 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 penultimus in the database

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