Unio sparsa Martin 1933 (freshwater mussel)

Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae

Full reference: K. Martin. 1933. Eine neue tertiƤre Molluskenfauna aus dem Indischen Archipel. Leidse Geologische Mededelingen 6:7-32

Belongs to Unio according to K. Martin 1933

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 penultimus, Unio peregrinus, Unio pictorum, Unio rackianus, Unio regularis, Unio scrobicularioides, Unio stricklandii, Unio tumidus, Unio vetustus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Waisiu, Buton Island, which is in a Zanclean carbonate marl in the Sampolakosa Formation of Indonesia

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Waisiu, Buton Island

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