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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 | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae

tribe POPENAIADINI Heard & Guckert, 1970
     2 nominal tribes as synonyms | cladomics

genus Nephronaias Crosse & Fischer, 1894: 24 Recent species.
8 generic synonyms | 24 valid species | cladomics
Distribution: Central America.

genus Psoronaias Crosse & Fischer, 1894: 12 Recent species.
2 generic synonyms | 12 valid species | cladomics
Distribution: Central America.

genus Barynaias Crosse & Fischer, 1894: 5 Recent species.
1 generic synonym | 5 valid species | cladomics
Distribution: Central America.

genus Popenaias Frierson, 1927: 5 Recent species.
2 generic synonyms | 5 valid species | cladomics
Distribution: Central America, North America.

genus Sphenonaias Crosse & Fischer, 1894: 5 Recent species.
1 generic synonym | 5 valid species | cladomics
Distribution: Central America.

genus Micronaias Simpson, 1900: 3 Recent species.
1 generic synonym | 3 valid species | cladomics
Distribution: Central America.

genus Nephritica Frierson, 1927: 2 Recent species.
1 generic synonym | 2 valid species | cladomics
Distribution: Central America.

genus Reticulatus Frierson, 1927: 2 Recent species.
1 generic synonym | 2 valid species | cladomics
Distribution: Central America.

genus Martensnaias Frierson, 1927: 1 Recent species.
2 generic synonyms | 1 valid species | cladomics
Distribution: Central America.

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