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Actinonaias
Sign in to saveActinonaias is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderUnionida
- FamilyUnionidae
Habitatfreshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 45
- With media
- 92
- Family
- Unionidae
- Collections
- OSUM, CMN, USNM, UTEP, AUM, ALMNH
- Recorded in
- Honduras, Canada, United States, Mexico, Guatemala
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Unionidae
- Image
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.326584 - Actinonaias medellina (Lea, 1838) - Unionidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
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Actinonaias is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae.
==Taxonomy and history== Actinonaias was first described as a subgenus of Unio in 1894 by Joseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse and Paul Henri Fischer, with Unio sapotalensis as the type species. The name Actinonaias is derived from the Greek words , meaning "ray", and , meaning "naiad".
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