Unio
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ūniō (“large pearl”).[1]
Proper noun edit
Unio m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Unionidae – medium-sized freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks - the river mussels.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia - class, Autobranchia - subclass, Heteroconchia - superorder; Unionida - order, Unionoidea - superfamily; Unionidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Unio pictorum - type species
References edit
Unio (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Unio on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Unio on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Unio at World Register of Marine Species
- ^ “unio”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.