Swollen river mussel

Taxobox
name = Swollen river mussel


image_caption =
status = NE
trend =
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Unionoida
familia = Unionidae
genus = "Unio"
species = "U. tumidus"
binomial = Unio tumidus
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

The swollen river mussel, "Unio tumidus", is a freshwater mussel of the family Unionidae.

Distribution and conservation status

* not mentioned in IUCN Red List - Not Evaluated (NE) [2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Cited February 11 2007.]

Its native distribution is European.

* Czech Republic - vulnerable (VU) [Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.] [Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/redlist.htm]
* Germany
** Germany - high endangered ("Stark gefährdet") [Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 109, ISBN 3-923376-02-2]
** Germany - Listed as specially protected species in annex 1 in Bundesartenschutzverordnung.
* Latvia
* Lithuania - vulnerable
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Slovakia
* Sweden [ [http://www.nrm.se/researchandcollections/zoology/invertebratezoology/factsoninvertebrates/thelargefreshwatermussels/swollenrivermussel.4.5fdc727f10d795b1c6e80009279.html Swollen river mussel - Naturhistoriska riksmuseet ] ]
* British Isles - in England

References

External links

* [http://www.pesticideinfo.org/List_AquireAll.jsp?Species=244&Effect= Pesticides Database - Chemical Toxicity Studies]