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. [2]

Painter's mussel
Left valve of a brown shell
Scientific classification Edit this 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.
Internal view of both valves
Unio pictorum is moving on the muddy bottom of a freshwater lake. Russia, the Southern Urals.

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

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  • Limnium pictorum(Linnaeus, 1758) ·
  • Lymnium pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) ·
  • Mya nodosa Gmelin, 1791 (a junior synonym)
  • Mya ovalis Philipsson, 1788 (a junior synonym)
  • Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
  • Unio (Unio) kalmykorum Bogachev, 1924 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Unio (Unio) limosus Nilsson, 1822 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio (Unio) pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758) ·
  • Unio (Unio) protractus Lindholm, 1932 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Unio (Unio) rostrata Lamarck, 1819 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio annulatus Kobelt, 1911 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio ascanius Kobelt, 1912 (junior synonym)
  • Unio deshayesii Michaud, 1831 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio gaudioni Drouët, 1881 (junior synonym)
  • Unio gentilis F. Haas, 1911junior subjective synonym
  • Unio inflatus Studer, 1820 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio kalmykorum Bogachev, 1924 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio latirostris Küster, 1853 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio limosus Nilsson, 1822 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio limosus behningi Starobogatov & Pirogov, 1970 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio lindholmi Zhadin, 1938 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio longirostris Rossmässler, 1836 ·
  • Unio longirostris schrenckianus Clessin, 1880 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio maltzani Küster, 1854 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio pictorum okensis Zhadin, 1938 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio pictorum var. grandis Rossmässler, 1842 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio pictorum var. okae Kobelt, 1911 (invalid; junior homonym of Unio...)
  • Unio pictorum var. okensis Zhadin, 1938 (junior synonym)
  • Unio pictorum var. pachyodon H. Jordan, 1879 junior subjective synonym
  • Unio pictorum var. pygmaeus Zhadin, 1938 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio pictorum var. tumens de Joannis, 1859 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio pictorum var. vinceleus de Joannis, 1859 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio platyrhynchus Rossmässler, 1835 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio ponderosus Rossmässler, 1842 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio praeposterus Küster, 1853 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio protractus Lindholm, 1932 ·
  • Unio protractus subpictorum Lindholm, 1932 (subjective synonym)
  • Unio quinqueannulatus Küster, 1854 (junior synonym)
  • Unio rostrata Lamarck, 1819 ·
  • Unio rostratus Lamarck, 1819 (wrong gender agreement)
  • Unio schrenkianus Clessin, 1880 (a junior synonym)
  • Unio voltzii Kobelt, 1911 (invalid; not Koch & Dunker, 1837)

Distribution

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The native distribution of this species is Europe and Siberia (Russia).[1]

Biotope: water bodies and slower streams.

References

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  1. ^ a b Van Damme, D. (2011). "Unio pictorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T155543A4795613. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T155543A4795613.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234102 on 2023-01-09
  3. ^ a b (in Czech) 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. PDF.
  4. ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
  5. ^ "Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic".
  6. ^ (in German) Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, ISBN 3-923376-02-2
  7. ^ "Schildersmossel - Unio pictorum".
  8. ^ "Natuurinformatie - Vragen".
  9. ^ Painter's mussel - Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
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Right and left valve of the same specimen: