''Unio pictorum'', the painter's mussel, is a species of medium-sized freshwater

mussel Mussel () is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and Freshwater bivalve, freshwater habitats. These groups have in common a shell whose outline is elongated and asymmetrical compared with other ...

, an aquatic

bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...

mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234102 on 2023-01-09 This species lives in Europe. It is called the "painter's mussel" because the shell was historically used as a conveniently sized and shaped receptacle for holding artist's paint. ;Subspecies: * † ''Unio pictorum alexeevi'' Mangikian, 1929 * † ''Unio pictorum pseudorumanus'' Chepalyga, 1967 * † ''Unio pictorum rumanoides'' Chepalyga, 1967

Synonyms

* L''imnium pictorum''(Linnaeus, 1758) · * ''Lymnium pictorum'' (Linnaeus, 1758) · * ''Mya nodosa'' Gmelin, 1791 (a junior synonym) * ''Mya ovalis'' Philipsson, 1788 (a junior synonym) * ''Mya pictorum'' Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination) * ''Unio (Unio) kalmykorum'' Bogachev, 1924 (junior subjective synonym) * ''Unio (Unio) limosus'' Nilsson, 1822 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio (Unio) pictorum'' (Linnaeus, 1758) · * ''Unio (Unio) protractus'' Lindholm, 1932 (junior subjective synonym) * ''Unio (Unio) rostrata'' Lamarck, 1819 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio annulatus'' Kobelt, 1911 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio ascanius'' Kobelt, 1912 (junior synonym) * ''Unio deshayesii'' Michaud, 1831 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio gaudioni'' Drouët, 1881 (junior synonym) * ''Unio gentilis'' F. Haas, 1911junior subjective synonym * ''Unio inflatus'' Studer, 1820 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio kalmykorum'' Bogachev, 1924 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio latirostris'' Küster, 1853 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio limosus'' Nilsson, 1822 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio limosus behningi'' Starobogatov & Pirogov, 1970 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio lindholmi'' Zhadin, 1938 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio longirostris'' Rossmässler, 1836 · * ''Unio longirostris schrenckianus'' Clessin, 1880 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio maltzani'' Küster, 1854 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio pictorum okensis'' Zhadin, 1938 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio pictorum var. grandis'' Rossmässler, 1842 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio pictorum var. okae'' Kobelt, 1911 (invalid; junior homonym of Unio...) * ''Unio pictorum var. okensis'' Zhadin, 1938 (junior synonym) * ''Unio pictorum var. pachyodon'' H. Jordan, 1879 junior subjective synonym * ''Unio pictorum var. pygmaeus'' Zhadin, 1938 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio pictorum var. tumens'' de Joannis, 1859 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio pictorum var. vinceleus'' de Joannis, 1859 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio platyrhynchus'' Rossmässler, 1835 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio ponderosus'' Rossmässler, 1842 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio praeposterus'' Küster, 1853 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio protractus'' Lindholm, 1932 · * † ''Unio protractus subpictorum'' Lindholm, 1932 (subjective synonym) * ''Unio quinqueannulatus'' Küster, 1854 (junior synonym) * ''Unio rostrata'' Lamarck, 1819 · * ''Unio rostratus'' Lamarck, 1819 (wrong gender agreement) * ''Unio schrenkianus'' Clessin, 1880 (a junior synonym) * ''Unio voltzii'' Kobelt, 1911 (invalid; not Koch & Dunker, 1837)

Distribution

The native distribution of this species is Europe and Siberia (Russia). *Croatia * Czech Republic - in Bohemia, in Moravia, Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. nnotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics. '' Malacologica Bohemoslovaca'', Suppl. 1: 1-37
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least concern (LC); Czech code, Decree for implementation, No. 395/1992 Sb. (and No. 175/2006 Sb.) - Critically Threatened species. * Slovakia - not in red lists *Estonia – frequent. *Germany ** endangered (''gefährdet'') ** Listed as specially protected species in annex 1 in Bundesartenschutzverordnung. * Netherlands - Common (''algemeen'') * Russia * Sweden - not so common, scattered occurrencePainter's mussel - Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
/ref> * British Isles - mostly in England Biotope: water bodies and slower streams.

References

External links

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biolib.cz

Right and left valve of the same specimen: File:Unio pictorum 01.jpg, Right valve File:Unio pictorum 02.jpg, Left valve

{{Taxonbar, from=Q943262 pictorum Molluscs of Asia Molluscs of Europe Freshwater bivalves Molluscs described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus