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†Unio kirchbergensis Krauss 1852 (freshwater mussel)

Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae

Belongs to Unio according to R. B. Salvador et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Unio (Palaeunio), Unio aucklandicus, Unio belliplicatus, Unio carteri, Unio dacombii, Unio daintreei, Unio deserticus, Unio franconica, Unio galloprovincialis, Unio hamili, Unio hubbardii, Unio hunteri, Unio imbricatus, Unio johnstoni, 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: found only at Untereichen-Altenstadt 565m (Miocene of Germany)

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