Unio turtoni

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Unio turtoni
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionoida
Family: Unionidae
Genus: Unio
Species: U. turtoni
Binomial name
Unio turtoni
B.C. Payraudeau, 1826

Unio turtoni is a species of medium-sized freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

This species is endemic to France and eastern Spain[citation needed] and is rarely found.

References

  1. Seddon M. B. 1996. Unio turtoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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