Unio pictorum
Unio pictorum, the painter's mussel, is a species of medium-sized freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
| Painter's mussel | |
|---|---|
| Left valve of a brown shell | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Genus: | Unio |
| Species: | U. pictorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Unio pictorum | |
| Distribution of Unio pictorum in Europe. | |
This species lives in Europe. It is called the "painter's mussel" because the shell was historically used as a conveniently sized and shaped receptacle for holding artist's paint.
- Subspecies
- † Unio pictorum alexeevi Mangikian, 1929
- † Unio pictorum pseudorumanus Chepalyga, 1967
- † Unio pictorum rumanoides Chepalyga, 1967
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