Definition of Unionid. Meaning of Unionid. Synonyms of Unionid

- Unionida, the bivalve molluscs sometimes known as river mussels, or simply as unionids. The range of distribution for this family is world-wide. It is at its...
- attach to and often kill these mussels. They build colonies on native unionid clams, reducing their ability to move, feed, and breed, eventually leading...
- Among these, Limnocaridina iridinae lives inside the mantle cavity of the unionid mussel Pleiodon spekei, making it one of only two known commensal species...
-   Extinct in the wild (EW): 15 species   Critically endangered (CR): 987 species   Endangered (EN): 1,163 species   Vulnerable (VU): 2,178 species   Near...
- the widespread occurrence freshwater ostracod ac****ulations and rarer unionid bivalve s****. The Early Cretaceous dating for the Tiouaren Formation...
-   Extinct in the wild (EW): 15 species   Critically endangered (CR): 987 species   Endangered (EN): 1,163 species   Vulnerable (VU): 2,178 species   Near...
- site. The Upper Tippecanoe River continues to have habitat suitable for unionid (freshwater mussel) species. The rivershed has retained much of its natural...
- (in Henderson County) until it was extirpated, and is implicated in the unionid mussel declines in two bodies of water in Texas. It is also blamed for...
- characteristically low tissue salinities relative to other freshwater animals, and unionid mussels have some of the lowest tissue salinities of any animal. Families...
-   Extinct in the wild (EW): 13 species   Critically endangered (CR): 581 species   Endangered (EN): 507 species   Vulnerable (VU): 879 species   Near threatened...