Unionidae
Translingual
Etymology
From Unio (with insertion of -n- after its etymon, Classical Latin ūniō (stem ūniōn-)) + -idae.[1]
Proper noun
Unionidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Unionida – river mussels, of fresh, flowing waters of the Northern Hemisphere.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia – class, Autobranchia – subclass, Heteroconchia – superorder; Unionida – order, Unionoidea – superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Unio – type genus; for the numerous genera see Unionidae at World Register of Marine Species
Descendants
- → English: unionid
References
- ^ “unionid, n. and adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Further reading
- Unionidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Unionidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Unionidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Unionidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Unionidae at AnimalBase
- Unionidae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Unionidae at World Register of Marine Species