Unio

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Unio - type genus of the family Unionidae

genus Unio

mollusk genus - a genus of mollusks

family Unionidae, Unionidae - freshwater mussels found worldwide

pearly-shelled mussel - the pearly lining of the dark shells is a source of mother-of-pearl

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I had the previous winter made a small quantity of lime by burning the shells of the Unio fluviatilis, which our river affords, for the sake of the experiment; so that I knew where my materials came from.

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Gonzalez Linares (1878) mentioned the existence of bivalves ascribed to Unio waldensis (sic.) Mantell (1844) and gastropods assigned to Paludina from the province of Santander.

Early Cretaceous non-marine bivalves from the Cameros and Basque-Cantabrian basins of Spain

2008 "Unio" numantinus Palacios and Sanchez--Delvene and Araujo: 37, figures 1a-1b

Protopleurobema: a new genus of freshwater bivalve from the Lower Cretaceous of the Cameros basin (NW Spain)

Unio hubbardii Gabb 1869 (1) and Unio nanaimoensis Whiteaves 1901 (2) were both described from Cretaceous strata in the vicinity of coal mines on the islands of western British Columbia, Canada.

Resurrecting forgotten fossil mussels of British Columbia

Torres said: "When I was with Real Murcia, I played against David at under-21 level when he was with Deportivo Unio. I could see even then the potential he had.