Unio

genus of molluscs
Taxon taxon Q1434357
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Unio

Summary

Unio is a taxon[1]. Unio ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month, #1,612 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Unio's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Unio is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Unio belongs to the parent taxon Unionidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Unio is Unio[6].
  • Unio's Commons category is recorded as Unio[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Unio is Mya pictorum[8].
  • Unio's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Unio (bivalve)[9].
  • Unio's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • Unio's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[11].
  • Unio's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Unio's different from is recorded as Korýtka[13].
  • Unio's different from is recorded as Unio[14].

Body

Classification

Unio's scientific name is Unio[6]. Unio is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Unio belongs to the parent taxon Unionidae[5]. The taxonomic type of Unio is Mya pictorum[8].

Identifiers

Unio's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 92738[15]. Unio's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 55836[16]. Unio's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2979542[17]. Unio's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4374770[18]. Unio's ITIS TSN is recorded as 983098[19].

Why It Matters

Unio ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month, #1,612 of 195,241).[2] Unio has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Unio is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Q24478897. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Catalogue of Life. Retrieved . molluscabase.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type Mya pictorum
    Parent taxon Unionidae
    Instance of taxon
    Aliases
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007546318805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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