Unio cariei

Unio cariei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Bivalvia
Order:Unionoida
Family:Unionidae
Genus:Unio
Species: U. cariei
Binomial name
Unio cariei
Germain, 1919

Unio cariei was a species of medium-sized freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Unionidae.

This species was endemic to the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean, but it is now extinct.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. & von Cosel, R. 1996. Unio cariei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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