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Unio tumidus

{{Short description|Species of bivalve}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Swollen river mussel

| image = Unio tumidus.jpg

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Van Damme, D. |date=2011 |title=Unio tumidus |volume=2011 |page=e.T156111A4898810 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T156111A4898810.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| genus = Unio

| species = tumidus

| authority = {{interlanguage link|Lorens Münter Philipson|de|lt=Philipsson}} in Retzius, 1788

| range_map = Unio-tumidus-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg

| range_map_caption = Distribution of Unio tumidus in Europe.

}}

Unio tumidus, the swollen river mussel, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Unio tumidus Philipsson, 1788. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182708 on 2023-01-09

;Subspecies:

  • † Unio tumidus ludwigi Wenz, 1922

Synonyms

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  • Mya depressa Donovan, 1801 (a junior synonym)
  • Mysca solida W. Turton, 1822 junior subjective synonym
  • Unio (Tumidusiana) tumidus Philipsson, 1788 ·
  • Unio (Unio) conus Spengler, 1793 ·
  • Unio (Unio) muelleri Rossmässler, 1838 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio (Unio) tumidus Philipsson, 1788 ·
  • Unio conus Spengler, 1793 ·
  • Unio gerstfeldtianus Clessin, 1880 · (a junior synonym)
  • Unio inflata Hecart, 1833 (unavailable; a junior homonym of Unio inflatus Studer, 1820)
  • Unio lauterborni F. Haas, 1909 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio limosus var. maxima Mörch, 1864 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio muelleri Rossmässler, 1838 ·
  • Unio ovalis (Montagu, 1803) ·
  • Unio rhenanus Kobelt, 1886 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus gerstfeldtianus Clessin, 1880 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus ilekensis Kobelt, 1911 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. bashkiricus Zhadin, 1938 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. borysthenensis Kobelt, 1880 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. corrosus Zelebor, 1851 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. falcatulus Drouët, 1881 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. fridmani Zhadin, 1938 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. heckingi Colbeau, 1868 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. kobeltianus Zhadin, 1938 ·
  • Unio tumidus var. limicola Mörch, 1864 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. moltschanovi Zhadin, 1938 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. okae Kobelt, 1911 (invalid; junior homonym of Unio...)
  • Unio tumidus var. picta Mörch, 1864 ·
  • Unio tumidus var. rohrmanni Kobelt, 1880 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio tumidus var. saccatus Rossmässler, 1858 (a junior synonym)

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Distribution

Its native distribution is European.

  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic - in Bohemia, in Moravia,{{in lang|cs}} Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. [http://mollusca.sav.sk/pdf/9/Suppl-1.pdf PDF]. vulnerable (VU)Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/redlist.htm
  • Germany
  • Germany - high endangered (Stark gefährdet) Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, {{ISBN|3-923376-02-2}}
  • Germany - Listed as a specially protected species in annex 1 in Bundesartenschutzverordnung.
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania - vulnerable
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Slovakia
  • Sweden[http://www.nrm.se/researchandcollections/zoology/invertebratezoology/factsoninvertebrates/thelargefreshwatermussels/swollenrivermussel.4.5fdc727f10d795b1c6e80009279.html Swollen river mussel – Naturhistoriska riksmuseet]
  • British Isles - in England

References

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{{cite web |url=https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7aa2fb37-65cf-4280-b2a2-8aabf4b1ddee |title=Unio tumidus Philipson, 1788 |work=Fauna Europaea |publisher=Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin |access-date=13 July 2017}}

{{ITIS|id=983705 |taxon=Unio tumidus Philipsson in Retzius, 1788 |access-date=13 July 2017}}

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External links

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  • [http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN581964985|LOG_0001&physid=PHYS_0004 Retzius A.J. (1788). Dissertatio historico-naturalis sistens nova testaceorum genera. Quam præside D. M. Andr. J. Retzio (...) ad publicum examen defert Laurentius Münter Philipsson. 4+23 pp. Lund.]
  • [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106425119;view=1up;seq=24 Spengler L. (1793). Beskrivelse over et nyt Slægt af de toskallede Konchylier, forhen af mig kaldet Chæna, saa og over det Linnéiske Slægt Mya, hvilket nøiere bestemmes, og inddeles i tvende Slægter. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet. 3(1): 16-69, pl. 2]

Right and left valve of the same specimen:

File:Unio tumidus 01.jpg|Right valve

File:Unio tumidus 02.jpg|Left valve

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tumidus

Category:Molluscs of Europe

Category:Freshwater bivalves

Category:Bivalves described in 1788

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