Swollen river mussel

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Swollen river mussel
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Unionoida Family: Unionidae Genus: Unio Species: U. tumidus
Binomial name
Unio tumidus (Linnaeus, 1758)

The swollen river mussel, Unio tumidus, is a freshwater mussel of the family Unionidae, found in Europe.

[edit] Conservation status

• not mentioned in IUCN Red List - Not Evaluated (NE) ^[1]
• Czech Republic - vulnerable (VU) ^{[2] [3]}

[edit] Reference

1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited February 11 2007.
2. ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
3. ^ Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/redlist.htm

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