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Wed 06 Mar 2024

The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

For each taxon, information is provided regarding habitat, horizon (Recent unless otherwise listed), and diversity. We are actively working on the Recent freshwater mussels, and those are the taxa for which the data are most complete. For other Recent freshwater bivalves, the information largely follows Graf (2013). For other taxa (e.g., marine, fossil), any content is largely incidental.

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Bivalvia | Mytiloida

family MYTILIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
     4 nominal families as synonyms | cladomics

genus Limnoperna Rochebrune, 1881: 9 Recent species.
4 generic synonyms | 9 valid species | cladomics
Distribution: Australasia, East Asia, South America.

genus Arcuatula Lamy, 1919: 8 Recent species.
2 generic synonyms | 8 valid species | cladomics
Distribution: East Asia.

genus Jolya Bourguignat, 1876: not freshwater, 5 Recent species.
2 generic synonyms | 5 valid species | cladomics

genus Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955: not freshwater, 5 Recent species.
1 generic synonym | 5 valid species | cladomics
Distribution: Central America, North America, South America.

genus Mytilaster Monterosato, 1883: not freshwater, 5 Recent species.
1 generic synonym | 5 valid species | cladomics
Distribution: North Eurasia, South America.

genus Sinomytilus Thiele, 1934: 3 Recent species.
1 generic synonym | 3 valid species | cladomics
Distribution: East Asia.

genus Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758: not freshwater, 2 Recent species.
2 generic synonyms | 2 valid species | cladomics

genus Septifer Récluz, 1848: not freshwater, 1 Recent species.
1 generic synonym | 1 valid species | cladomics

Page updated: 16:23:09 Wed 06 Mar 2024

 
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