# Common river mussel (*Unio crassus*)

Canonical page: https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-river-mussel  
Data as of: 2026-11-11

The common river mussel (Unio crassus) is a species in the order Unionida.

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | Not recorded |
| Length | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded |
| Habitat | freshwater |
| Young per litter or clutch | Not recorded |
| Conservation status | Not recorded |
| Countries on record | Not recorded |

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Mollusca
- class: Bivalvia
- order: Unionida
- genus: Unio
- species: *Unio crassus* Philipsson, 1788

Synonyms: *Crassunio crassus*, *Mya batava*, *Unio adonus*, *Unio ampullaceus*, *Unio andegavensis*, *Unio andeliacus*, *Unio araxenus*, *Unio arenarum*, *Unio ater*, *Unio ater irgizlaicus*, *Unio ater var. irgizlaicus*, *Unio aturicus*, *Unio badiellus*, *Unio badius*, *Unio balbignyanus*, *Unio baroni*, *Unio batavellus*, *Unio batavellus perconvexus*, *Unio batavus*, *Unio batavus acutus*, *Unio batavus albensis*, *Unio batavus badensis*, *Unio batavus baraceus*, *Unio batavus belgicus*, *Unio batavus elongatus*, *Unio batavus gibbosus*, *Unio batavus longus*, *Unio batavus minimus*, *Unio batavus ondovensis*, *Unio batavus pseudoconsentaneus*, *Unio batavus radiata*, *Unio batavus sabulosus*, *Unio batavus sarratinus*, *Unio batavus senotius*, *Unio batavus sinuatus*, *Unio batavus squamosus*, *Unio batavus taunica*, *Unio batavus var. belgicus*, *Unio batavus var. incurvatus*, *Unio batavus var. ponderosa*, *Unio batavus var. rivularis*, *Unio batavus var. rufescens*, *Unio baudoni*, *Unio besnardi*, *Unio besnardianus*, *Unio bosnicus*, *Unio brevierei*, *Unio brevirostris*, *Unio byzantinus*, *Unio cantianus*, *Unio carantoni*, *Unio carcasinus*, *Unio caroliensis*, *Unio castaneus*, *Unio catalaunicus*, *Unio caumonti*, *Unio chardoni*, *Unio colchicus*, *Unio consentaneus elongatus*, *Unio corrugata*, *Unio crassatellus*, *Unio crassissimus*, *Unio crassulus*, *Unio crassus*, *Unio crassus batavus*, *Unio crassus chlebnikovi*, *Unio crassus heimburgi*, *Unio crassus ishmensis*, *Unio crassus maximus*, *Unio crassus okae*, *Unio crassus ornatus*, *Unio crassus polonicus*, *Unio crassus rubens*, *Unio crassus thuringiacus*, *Unio crassus var. ishmensis*, *Unio crassus var. maximus*, *Unio crassus var. okae*, *Unio crassus var. requienformis*, *Unio croaticus*, *Unio cyprinorum*, *Unio cytherea*, *Unio danemorae*, *Unio decurvatus*, *Unio diptychus*, *Unio dokici*, *Unio drouetii*, *Unio dubisianus*, *Unio dubisiopsis*, *Unio duregicus*, *Unio elegans*, *Unio ellipsopsis*, *Unio euthymeanus*, *Unio feliciani*, *Unio financei*, *Unio fusculus*, *Unio gallensteini*, *Unio gliscerus*, *Unio gregorii*, *Unio hamburgiensis*, *Unio hattemani*, *Unio ignari*, *Unio ignariformis*, *Unio ingrandiensis*, *Unio irenjensis*, *Unio irgizlaica*, *Unio irgizlaicus*, *Unio jurianus*, *Unio kungurensis*, *Unio kungurensis chlebnikowi*, *Unio kungurensis irenjensis*, *Unio kungurensis sylwensis*, *Unio kungurensis var. chlebnikovi*, *Unio kungurensis var. irenjensis*, *Unio kungurensis var. sylwensis*, *Unio lambottei*, *Unio lancelevei*, *Unio lemotheuxi*, *Unio lemovicincae*, *Unio ligericus*, *Unio ligericus subsinuatus*, *Unio littoralis var. minor*, *Unio locardianus*, *Unio macrorhynchus*, *Unio mariae*, *Unio materniacus*, *Unio matronicus*, *Unio melantatus*, *Unio melas*, *Unio mengrelicus*, *Unio merdiger*, *Unio mingrelicus*, *Unio mingrelicus stevenianiformis*, *Unio mingrelicus var. gregorii*, *Unio mingrelicus var. sobriewskii*, *Unio mingrelicus var. stevenianiformis*, *Unio minutulus*, *Unio musivus*, *Unio neocomensis*, *Unio nessorhynchus*, *Unio nicolloni*, *Unio nubilus*, *Unio occidentalis*, *Unio orbus*, *Unio ostiorum*, *Unio oxyrhynchus*, *Unio piscinalis*, *Unio planus*, *Unio potamius*, *Unio pseudolitoralis*, *Unio pseudolittoralis*, *Unio pseudolittoralis curonicus*, *Unio pseudolittoralis var. curonicus*, *Unio raddei*, *Unio raddei koutaisiana*, *Unio retusa*, *Unio riparia*, *Unio rivalis*, *Unio rivularis*, *Unio roseni*, *Unio rubens*, *Unio rugatus*, *Unio ryckholti cuneata*, *Unio ryckholtii*, *Unio sanderi*, *Unio sandriopsis*, *Unio savensis*, *Unio seneauxi*, *Unio septentrionalis*, *Unio sequanicus*, *Unio serbicus*, *Unio sieversi kobelti*, *Unio sinuolata*, *Unio sobrievskii*, *Unio sobriewskii*, *Unio socardianus*, *Unio stepanoffi*, *Unio stevenianiformis*, *Unio stevenianus*, *Unio striatulus*, *Unio striolatus*, *Unio subamnicus*, *Unio subrobustus*, *Unio subrobustus curta*, *Unio surraulti*, *Unio szegedensis*, *Unio tiguricus*, *Unio truncatulus*, *Unio tumidus f. elegans*, *Unio turicus*, *Unio valliericus*, *Unio vegesackensis*, *Unio ventricosus*, *Unio vescoi conemenosi*, *Unio visurgisinus*

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