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Unio General Characteristics

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General Characteristics of Unio

• It is found in rivers, lakes and ponds.
• Its shell consists of two halves, called the valves.
• A whitish elevation in each valve is called umbo.
• Head indistinct and a radula is absent
• Shells of the fresh water mussels are used in the manufacture of buttons
• Unio is dioecious and Development through Giochidium Larva

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