- Source: 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.
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
Synonyms
Distribution
The native distribution of this species is Europe and Siberia (Russia).
Croatia
Czech Republic - in Bohemia, in Moravia, least concern (LC); Czech code, Decree for implementation, No. 395/1992 Sb. (and No. 175/2006 Sb.) - Critically Threatened species.
Slovakia - not in red lists
Estonia – frequent.
Germany
endangered (gefährdet)
Listed as specially protected species in annex 1 in Bundesartenschutzverordnung.
Netherlands - Common (algemeen)
Serbia
Russia
Sweden - not so common, scattered occurrence
British Isles - mostly in England
Biotope: water bodies and slower streams.
References
External links
Media related to Unio pictorum at Wikimedia Commons
biolib.cz
clade.acnatsci.org
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