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UNIONIDAE [24 records]

Record 1 2022-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A mollusc of the family Unionidae.

Key term(s)
  • Cumberlandian comb shell

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque de la famille des Unionidae.

OBS

Epioblasma brevidens : Il n’y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A mollusc of the family Unionidae.

Key term(s)
  • fan shell

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque de la famille des Unionidae.

OBS

Cyprogenia stegaria : Il n’y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A mollusc of the family Unionidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque de la famille des Unionidae.

OBS

Epioblasma capsaeformis : Il n’y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A mussel of the family Unionidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Moule de la famille des Unionidae.

Spanish

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Record 5 2022-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A mussel of the family Unionidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Moule de la famille des Unionidae.

Spanish

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Record 6 2022-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A mussel of the family Unionidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Moule de la famille des Unionidae.

Spanish

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Record 7 2022-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A mussel of the family Unionidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Moule de la famille des Unionidae.

Spanish

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Record 8 2022-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A mussel of the family Unionidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Moule de la famille des Unionidae.

Spanish

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Record 9 2019-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A freshwater mollusc of the family Unionidae.

Key term(s)
  • round pig-toe

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque d’eau douce de la famille des Unionidae.

OBS

pleurobème : Certains auteurs utilisent le terme «pleurobème» au masculin.

Spanish

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Record 10 2018-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A freshwater mollusc of the family Unionidae.

Key term(s)
  • black sand-shell

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque d’eau douce de la famille des Unionidae.

Spanish

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Record 11 2018-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A freshwater mollusc of the family Unionidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque d’eau douce de la famille des Unionidae.

Spanish

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Record 12 2018-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A freshwater mollusc of the family Unionidae.

Key term(s)
  • eastern lamp-mussel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque d’eau douce de la famille des Unionidae.

Spanish

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Record 13 2018-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A freshwater mollusc of the family Unionidae.

Key term(s)
  • eastern pond-mussel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque d’eau douce de la famille des Unionidae.

Spanish

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Record 14 2018-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A freshwater mollusc of the family Unionidae.

Key term(s)
  • creek heel-splitter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque d’eau douce de la famille des Unionidae.

Spanish

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Record 15 2018-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A freshwater mollusc of the family Unionidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque d’eau douce de la famille des Unionidae.

Spanish

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Record 16 2018-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A freshwater mollusc of the family Unionidae.

Key term(s)
  • wabash pig-toe

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque d’eau douce de la famille des Unionidae.

Spanish

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Record 17 2018-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A freshwater mollusc of the family Unionidae.

Key term(s)
  • white heel-splitter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque d’eau douce de la famille des Unionidae.

Spanish

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Record 18 2018-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A freshwater mollusc of the family Unionidae.

Key term(s)
  • fragile paper-shell

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque d’eau douce de la famille des Unionidae.

Spanish

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Record 19 2015-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A freshwater mollusc of the family Unionidae.

Key term(s)
  • Neosho pearly-mussel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque d’eau douce de la famille des Unionidae.

Spanish

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Record 20 2015-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A freshwater mollusc of the family Unionidae.

Key term(s)
  • wavy-rayed lamp-mussel
  • wavyrayed lamp-mussel
  • wavy-rayed lampmussel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque d’eau douce de la famille des Unionidae.

Spanish

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Record 21 2015-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A freshwater mollusc of the family Unionidae.

Key term(s)
  • plain pocket-book

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque d’eau douce de la famille des Unionidae.

Spanish

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Record 22 2015-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A freshwater mollusc of the family Unionidae.

Key term(s)
  • fat mucket

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque d’eau douce de la famille des Unionidae.

Spanish

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Record 23 2015-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A freshwater mollusc of the family Unionidae.

Key term(s)
  • yellow lamp-mussel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Mollusque d’eau douce de la famille des Unionidae.

Spanish

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Record 24 1977-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Bivalves of the] family Unionidae (...) [are] equivalve (nacreous with [a] thick periostracum), [the] beaks [are] generally sculptured and commonly with [a] remnant of [the] larval shell; beak cavities [are] deep, [the] hinge [is] mostly with two cardinals and two posterior lamellar teeth in LV and [a] single cardinal and lamellar tooth in RV. [They have] gills with water tubes, [a] marsupium occupying all four gills or [the] outer pairs only, [the] diaphragm [is] complete. "Trias.-Rec."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Les Lamellibranches de la] famille des Unionidae(...) [ont une] coquille inéquilatérale de forme variable, triangulaire, quadrangulaire ou allongée, fermée, épidermée, nacrée [L'] Ornementation [est] variable. [Le] ligament [est] externe. [La] charnière [est] très variable, composée de dents cardinales, latérales-la plus part du temps striées-ou sans dents. [La] ligne palléale [est] entière; [les] impressions musculaires [sont] bien marquées surtout l'antérieure qui est plus profonde que la postérieure; [les] impressions des muscles d’attache du sac viscéral et du pied [sont] visibles en arrière de l'adducteur antérieur et au voisinage de l'adducteur postérieur. Les Unionidés sont des Lamellibranches d’eau douce ou saumâtre.

Spanish

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