Unionidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Unionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Bivalvia Subclassis: Palaeoheterodonta Ordo: Unionida Superfamilia: Unionoidea

Familia: Unionidae
Subfamilia: Ambleminae – Gonideinae – Modellnaiinae – Parreysiinae – Pseudodontinae – †Qiyangiinae – Rectidentinae – Unioninae

Genera overview: Alasmidonta – Anodonta – Coelatura – Cristaria – Cucumerunio – Cyprogenia – Diaurora – Ellipsaria – Elliptio – Elliptoideus – Epioblasma – Fusconaia – Hyridella – Indonaia – Inversidens – Lasmigona – Lampsilis – Ligodonta – Nyassunio – Strophitus – Popenaias – Potamilus – Pseudanodonta – Pseudocuneopsis – Pyganodon – Quadrula – Sinanodonta – Songkhlanaia – Unio – Utterbackia – Yaukthwa

Name

Unionidae Rafinesque, 1820

References

Primary references

Rafinesque, C.S. 1820. Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques. 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82. Google Books Gallica Reference page. [original description]
Fleming, J. 1828. A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. Bell & Bradfute: Edinburgh/James Duncan: London. xxiii + 565 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Bolotov, I.N., Vikhrev, I.V., Lopes-Lima, M., Gofarov, M.Y., Konopleva, E.S., Lunn, Z., Chan, N. & Bogan, A.E. 2019. Indonaia rectangularis (Tapparone-Canefri, 1889), comb. nov., a forgotten freshwater mussel species from Myanmar (Bivalvia, Unionidae). Zookeys 852: 23–30. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.852.33898 Reference page.
Chen, Z-G., Dai, Y-T., Ouyang, S., Huang, X-C. & Wu, X-P. 2023. Unveiling the identity of Diaurora Cockerell, 1903 (Bivalvia, Unionidae): morphology, molecular phylogenetics, and the description of a new species. Zookeys 1173ː 131–144. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1173.106148 Reference page.
Inoue, K., Cummings, K.S., Tiemann, J.S., Miller, T.D., Johnson, N.A., Smith, C.H. & Randklev, C.R. 2020. A new species of freshwater mussel in the genus Popenaias Frierson, 1927, from the Gulf coastal rivers of central Mexico (Bivalvia: Unionida: Unionidae) with comments on the genus. Zootaxa 4816(4): 457–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4816.4.3 Reference page.
Jeratthitikul, E., Sutcharit, C. & Prasankok, P. 2025. An integrative approach to a revision of the freshwater mussel genus Songkhlanaia (Bivalvia, Unionidae), with the description of a new species. ZooKeys 1224: 187–209. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1224.140549 Reference page.
Kano, Y., Kurita, Y., Kanno, K., Saito, K., Hayashi. H., Onikura, N. & Yamasuki, T. 2019. Photo images, 3D/CT data and mtDNA of the freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the Kyushu and Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with SEM/EDS analysis of the shell. Biodiversity Data Journal, 7: e32114. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e32114 Reference page.
Kondakov, A.V., Palatov, D.M., Rajabov, Z.P., Gofarov, M.Y., Konopleva, E.S., Tomilova, A.A., Vikhrev, I.V. & Bolotov, I.N. 2018. DNA analysis of a non-native lineage of Sinanodonta woodiana species complex (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from Middle Asia supports the Chinese origin of the European invaders. Zootaxa 4462(4): 511–522. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.4.4 Reference page.
Kongim, B., Sutcharit, C. & Panha, S. 2015. Cytotaxonomy of unionid freshwater mussels (Unionoida, Unionidae) from northeastern Thailand with description of a new species. Zookeys 514: 93–110. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.514.8977 Full article Reference page.
Liu, L-L., Zhang, L-P., Jin, D-D., Wang, H-T., Liu, X-J. & Wu, R-W. 2023. Molecular and morphological evidence reveals a hidden new taxon in the endemic genus Pseudocuneopsis (Bivalvia, Unionidae) from China. Zookeys 1179ː 219–229. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1179.109817 Reference page.
Luther, Alex. 1951: Uber den nordlichsten fundort von Anodonta piscinalis Nilss. Mem Soc Fauna et Flora Fennica. 27:80-83.
Perkins, M.A., DeVilbiss, K.L., Whelan, N.V., Hoch, R.A., Jones, B.K., Mays, J.W., Evans, H.K. & Benfield, S.B. 2025. A new endemic freshwater mussel (Bivalvia, Unionidae) genus and species, Ligodonta obscura, from the Yadkin-Pee Dee River drainage in North Carolina, USA. ZooKeys 1248: 245–265. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1248.152952 Reference page.
Wu, R-W., Liu, X-J., Wang, S., Roe, K.J., Quyang, S. & Wu, X-P. 2019. Analysis of mitochondrial genomes resolves the phylogenetic position of Chinese freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionidae). Zookeys, 812: 23–46. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.812.29908 Reference page.
Wu, R-W., Liu, X-J., Kondo, T., Ouyang, S. & Wu, X-P. 2021. New species of the genus Inversidens Haas, 1911 (Unionoida, Unionidae, Gonideinae) from Jiangxi Province, China. ZooKeys 1054: 85–93. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1054.69075 Reference page.
Wu, R-W., Liu, L-L., Zhang, L-P., Jia, J., Jin, D-D., Wu, X-P. & Liu, X-J. 2023. New species of the genus Pseudocuneopsis Huang, Dai, Chen & Wu, 2022 (Bivalvia, Unionidae) from Guangxi Province, China. Zookeys 1166ː 261–270. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1166.104150 Reference page.