Unionoida

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Unionoida
Anodonta anatina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Palaeoheterodonta
Order: Unionoida
Stoliczka, 1871
Families

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Unionoida is an order within the class Bivalvia. Members of the order Unionoida, which includes the mussels, are found on six continents. There are approximately 900 species.

[edit] Families in the Order Unionoida


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