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Mussel vs Unio - What's the difference?

mussel | unio |

As nouns the difference between mussel and unio

is that mussel is a small edible bivalve shellfish of the families Unionidae (fresh water mussels) and Mytilidae (salt water mussels) while unio is any of the genus genus: Unio of freshwater mussels.

mussel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small edible bivalve shellfish of the families Unionidae (fresh water mussels) and Mytilidae (salt water mussels).

    • Related terms

    * mouse * mussel-bed, mussel bed * zebra mussel

    Derived terms

    * blue mussel * Korean mussel

    External links

    * (wikipedia)

    unio

    English

    (wikipedia unio)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the genus of freshwater mussels.
  • * 1894 , Sleep of mollusks'' (in ''Popular Science , volume 45, number 1, May 1894, page 99)
    • In June, 1850, a living pond mussel was sent to Dr. Gray from Australia which had been kept out of water more than a year, and instances of the survival of unios without moisture for long periods are not rare.

    External links

    * * ("unio" species on Wikimedia) * (comcatlite) * ----