Unio pictorum
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Unio pictorum

Unio pictorum, the painter's mussel, is a species of medium-sized freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

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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.

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Distribution

Geography

The native distribution of this species is Europe and Siberia (Russia).

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  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic - in Bohemia, in Moravia, 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 occurrence
  • British Isles - mostly in England

Biotope: water bodies and slower streams.

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Unio pictorum habitat map
Unio pictorum habitat map
Unio pictorum
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References

1. Unio pictorum Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unio_pictorum
2. Unio pictorum on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/155543/4795613

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