Painter's mussel

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

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumMollusca
3. classBivalvia
4. orderUnionida
5. genusUnio
6. SpeciesUnio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Limnium pictorum, Lymnium pictorum, Mya nodosa, Mya ovalis, Mya pictorum, Unio actephilus, Unio annulatus, Unio arca, Unio ascanius, Unio balatonicus, Unio baletonicus, Unio baudoni, Unio berilloni, Unio brebissoni, Unio brindosopsis, Unio cancrorum, Unio cavarellus, Unio charpyi, Unio corbini, Unio cristulatus, Unio danielis, Unio decollatus, Unio desfontainianus, Unio deshayesii, Unio dubreili, Unio eucallistus, Unio fagoti, Unio falsus, Unio gaudioni, Unio gentilis, Unio gestroianus, Unio graniger, Unio hauterivianus, Unio hopitali, Unio inflatus, Unio joannisi nigra, Unio jousseaumei, Unio kalmykorum, Unio kruperi, Unio latirostris, Unio lesumicus, Unio limosus, Unio limosus behningi, Unio limosus maxima, Unio limosus pumila, Unio limosus var. fusca, Unio limosus var. recurvirostris, Unio lindholmi, Unio longirostris, Unio longirostris schrenckianus, Unio lugdunicus, Unio macropisthus, Unio maltzani, Unio michaudi, Unio michaudiana, Unio milneedwardsi, Unio moriscottei, Unio moussonianus, Unio mycrodactylus, Unio nodulosa, Unio octavius, Unio oeschrus, Unio pallens albina, Unio perroudi, Unio philippei, Unio philippi, Unio pictorum, Unio pictorum battonensis, Unio pictorum defectivus, Unio pictorum flavescens, Unio pictorum grandis, Unio pictorum milleti, Unio pictorum okae, Unio pictorum okensis, Unio pictorum pachyodon, Unio pictorum platyrhynchus, Unio pictorum pygmaeus, Unio pictorum radiatus, Unio pictorum schrenckianus, Unio pictorum tisianus, Unio pictorum tumens, Unio pictorum var. battonensis, Unio pictorum var. grandis, Unio pictorum var. okae, Unio pictorum var. okensis, Unio pictorum var. pachyodon, Unio pictorum var. pygmaeus, Unio pictorum var. tumens, Unio pictorum var. vinceleus, Unio platyrhynchus, Unio platyrinchoideus, Unio ponderosus, Unio praeposterus, Unio proechistus, Unio proechus, Unio protractus, Unio protractus subpictorum, Unio quinqueannulatus, Unio rectus, Unio renei, Unio requieni rostralis, Unio rhynchetinus, Unio rostrata, Unio rostratellus, Unio rostratus, Unio schrenkianus, Unio siliquiformis, Unio strigatus, Unio subbalatonicus, Unio tumens major

Catalogue of Life

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@misc{painters_mussel_2026,
  title = {Painter's mussel (Unio pictorum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/painters-mussel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}