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Taxonomy
Unio was named by Philipsson (1788) [m. kosnik taxon no: 4250]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Unionidae by Nagao (1928) and Nagao (1928); and to Unioninae by Vokes (1980) and Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Unionidae by Nagao (1928) and Nagao (1928); and to Unioninae by Vokes (1980) and Bouchet et al. (2010).
Species
U. (Palaeunio), U. belliplicatus, U. bitumen, U. carteri, U. deserticus, U. franconica, U. galloprovincialis, U. hamili, U. hubbardii, U. hunteri, U. imbricatus, U. johnstoni, U. kirchbergensis, U. littoralis, U. mamillatus, U. natosini, U. patapscoensis, U. penultimus, U. peregrinus, U. pictorum, U. rackianus, U. regularis, U. scrobicularioides, U. sparsa, U. stricklandii, U. tumidus, U. vetustus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1788 | Unio Philipsson |
| 1928 | Unio Nagao p. 36 |
| 1980 | Unio Vokes p. 78 |
| 2010 | Unio Bouchet et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Unio Philipsson 1788
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Unio belliplicatus Meek 1870
†Unio bitumen Cooke 1919
†Unio carteri Hislop 1859
†Unio deserticus Mongin and Lapparent 1968
†Unio franconica Dehm 1935
†Unio galloprovincialis Matheron 1842
†Unio hamili McLearn 1929
†Unio hubbardii Gabb 1869
†Unio hunteri Hislop 1859
†Unio imbricatus Hislop 1859
†Unio johnstoni Smith 1893
†Unio kirchbergensis Krauss 1852
Unio littoralis Lamarck 1801
†Unio mamillatus Hislop 1859
†Unio natosini McLearn 1929
†Unio patapscoensis Clark 1911
†Unio penultimus Gabb 1864
†Unio peregrinus Phillips 1829
Unio pictorum Linnaeus 1767
†Unio rackianus Brusina 1874
†Unio regularis Frič 1869
†Unio scrobicularioides Frič 1869
†Unio sparsa Martin 1933
†Unio stricklandii Phillips 1871
Unio tumidus Retzius 1788
Unio vetustus Meek 1860
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Anisian to the top of the Holocene or 247.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 242.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 242.0 Ma
Collections (161 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anisian | Tanzania (Ruvuma) | U. sp. (105297) | |
| Anisian | Zambia (Eastern) | U. karrooensis (99437) | |
| Pelsonian - Illyrian | Australia (New South Wales) | U. sp. (111729) | |
| Carnian - Norian | USA (Texas) | U. sp. (135657 207500) | |
| Norian | USA (Arizona) | U. sp. (48423 84017) | |
| Norian | USA (New Mexico) | U. sp. (84272 93581 93594 93604 93611 93613 93615) | |
| Sevatian | Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) | U. sp. (98300) | |
| Rhaetian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Unionidae indet. (22684) | |
| Rhaetian | USA (Arizona) | U. sp. (84014) | |
| Hettangian | Hungary | U. vizeri (125465) | |
| Pliensbachian | USA (Utah) | U. sp. (189379) | |
| Middle Jurassic | China (Sichuan) | U. sichuanensis (200960) | |
| Aalenian | United Kingdom (England) | U. kendalli (61677) U. sp. (82233) | |
| Bajocian | China (Sichuan) | U. sp. (47078) | |
| Bathonian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | U. andersoni (40565 40696 40699 40710 40715 40717) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic | Japan (Gifu) | U. ogamigoensis (40165) | |
| Middle Oxfordian | Portugal (Leiria) | U. sp. (69698) | |
| Kimmeridgian | Portugal | U. danischi (7083) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Spain (Valenciana) | U. sp. (61316) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | U. sp. (12816) U. stewardi (207749) | |