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Unio  n.  (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of fresh-water mussels belonging to Unio and many allied genera.





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... the base of the southern cliffs, M. d'Orbigny found two extinct fresh-water shells, namely, a Unio and Chilina. This bed rested on one with bones of an extinct rodent, namely, the Megamys Patagoniensis; and this again on another with extinct marine shells. The species found by M. d'Orbigny in different parts of this ...
— South American Geology - also: - Title: Geological Observations On South America • Charles Darwin


Words linked to "Unio" :   genus Unio, family Unionidae, mollusk genus, Unionidae


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