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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!

This page documents data for WoRMS (2011), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work.

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Publication information

WoRMS. 2011. World Register of Marine Species: .

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Attributed Species Names

Pharella acuminatua WoRMS, 2011
‘Hanley’ WoRMS, 2011, WoRMS: [web].
(error for Solen acuminatus Hanley, 1842)

Teredo megotara var. striator WoRMS, 2011
WoRMS, 2011, WoRMS: [web].
(error for Teredo megotara var. striatior Jeffreys, 1865)

Taxonomic Opinions

Abra segmentum (Récluz, 1843)
+ Erycina ovata Philippi, 1893

Adacna laeviuscula (Eichwald, 1829)
+ Adacna fragilis Milachewitch, 1908

Adacna vitrea bergi Starobogatov, 1967

Adacna vitrea vitrea (Eichwald, 1829)

Anticorbula fluviatilis (H. Adams, 1860)
+ Guianadesma sinuosum Morrison, 1943

Batissa inflata Prime, 1860

Batissa similis Prime, 1862

Batissa violacea (Lamarck, 1818)

Congeria kusceri Bole, 1962

Congeria subglobosa Partsch, 1835

Corbicula fluminalis (O.F. Müller, 1774)

Corbicula fluminea (O.F. Müller, 1774)

Cyanocyclas rotunda (Prime, 1860)

Cyrenoida americana (Morelet, 1851)

Cyrenoida dupontia de Joannis, 1835
+ Cyrenella senegalensis Deshayes, 1854
+ Cyrenoidea rhodopyga Martens, 1891

Cyrenoida floridana Dall, 1896
+ Cyrenoida guatemalensis Pilsbry, 1919

Cyrenoida insula Morrison, 1946

Cyrenoida panamensis Pilsbry & Zetek, 1931

Cyrenoida rosea (A. d’Ailly, 1896)
+ Cyrenoidea rosea brevidentata Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Didacna baeri (Grimm, 1877)

Didacna barbotdemarnii (Grimm, 1877)

Didacna crassa (Eichwald, 1829)

Didacna parallella Bogachev, 1932

Didacna praetrigonoides Nalivkin & Anissimoff, 1915

Didacna trigonoides (Pallas, 1771)
+ Cardium trilaterum Gmelin, 1791

Dreissena anatolica Locard, 1893

Dreissena blanci

Dreissena bourguignati

Dreissena bugensis Andrusov, 1897

Dreissena caputlacus Schütt, 1993

Dreissena carinata (Dunker, 1853)
+ Dreissena chemnitzi of Authors, unknown year
+ Dreissensia hellenica Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia thiesae Locard, 1893
+ Dreissena blanci var. presbensis Kobelt, 1915
+ Dreissena stankovici Lvova & Starobogatov, 1982

Dreissena caspia Eichwald, 1855
+ Dreissena eichwaldi Issel, 1866
+ Dreissensia caspia pallasi Andrusov, 1897

Dreissena elata Andrusov, 1897

Dreissena gallandi Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia hermosa Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia lacunosa Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia letourneuxi Locard, 1893

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)
+ Mytulus polymorphus fluviatilis Pallas, 1771
+ Pinna fluviatilis Sander, 1780
+ Mytilus fluvis Gray, 1825
+ Mytilus volgensis Gray, 1825
+ Mytilus hagenii Baer, 1826
+ Mytilus arca Kickx, 1834
+ Mytilus chemnitzii Ferussac, 1835
+ Tichogonia chemnitzii Rossmässler, 1835
+ Dreissena kusteri Dunker, 1855
+ Dreissensia arnouldi Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia bedoti Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia belgrandi Locard, 1893
+ Dreissena complanata Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia curta Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia eximia Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia locardi Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia lutetiana Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia magnifica Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia occidentalis Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia paradoxa Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia recta Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia servaini Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia sulcata Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia tumida Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia ventrosa Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia westerlundi Locard, 1893
+ Dreissensia polymorpha andrusovi Andrusov, 1897
+ Dreissensia polymorpha aralensis Andrusov, 1897
+ Dreissensia polymorpha obtusecarinata Andrusov, 1897
+ Dreissena polymorpha var. lacustrina Boettger, 1913

Dreissena rostriformis (DeShayes, 1838)
+ Dreissena brardi Eichwald, 1885
+ Dreissensia rostriformis var. distincta Andrusov, 1897
+ Dreissensia grimmi Andrusov, 1897
+ Dreissensia tschaudae var. pontocaspica Andrusov, 1897
+ Dreissena rostriformis compressa Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1966

Dreissena siouffi Locard, 1893

Dreissena tschaudae

Erodona mactroides Daudin in Bosc, 1801
+ Mya labiata Maton, 1811
+ Corbula porcina Lamarck, 1818
+ Mya erodona Lamarck, 1818
+ Corbula donacina Deshayes, 1830
+ Potamomya nimbosa Hinds, 1843
+ Potamomya ochreata Hinds, 1843
+ Azara undata Conrad, 1866
+ Corbula prisca Martens, 1880

Galatea bengoensis Dunker, 1849

Galatea bernardii Dunker, 1857

Galatea biangulata G.B. Sowerby II, 1868

Galatea cailliaudii Bernardi, 1860

Galatea congica Boettger, 1885

Galatea laeta Philippi, 1849

Galatea nux (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)

Galatea paradoxa (Born, 1778)
+ Venus hermaphrodita Gmelin, 1791
+ Venus reclusa Gmelin, 1791
+ Venus subviridis Gmelin, 1791
+ Venus fluminea Röding, 1798

Galatea quanzae (de Brito Capello, 1878)

Galatea rubicunda Philippi, 1849

Galatea tenuicula Philippi, 1849

Glauconome angulata Reeve, 1844
+ Glauconome primeana Crosse & Debeaux, 1863

Glauconome cerea Reeve, 1844
+ Tapes oncodes Melvill, 1897

Glauconome chinensis Gray, 1828
+ Glauconome sculpta Sowerby, 1894

Glauconome cumingi Prime, 1862
+ Glauconome sumatrensis Prime, 1862

Glauconome curta Reeve, 1844

Glauconome jayana Prime, 1861

Glauconome psammotella Deshayes, 1853

Glauconome radiata Reeve, 1844

Glauconome rugosa Hanley, 1843
+ Glauconome rugosa var. subangustior Reeve, 1844
+ Glauconome oblonga Prime, 1865

Glauconome straminea Reeve, 1844

Glauconome virens (Linnaeus, 1767)

Hemidonax arafurensis Ponder et al., 1981
+ Hemidonax donaciforme Hedley, 1918

Hemidonax australiensis (Reeve, 1844)

Hemidonax chapmani Gatliff & Gabriel, 1923

Hemidonax dactylus Hedley, 1923

Hemidonax donaciformis (Bruguière, 1789)

Hemidonax pictus (Tryon, 1870)

Hypanis plicatum (Eichwald, 1829)
+ Adacna relicta Milachewitch, 1916

Iphigenia altior (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1833)

Iphigenia brasiliensis (Lamarck, 1818)

Iphigenia laevigata (Gmelin, 1791)
+ Iphigenia rostrata Römer, 1869

Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791)

Lentidium mediterraneum (O.G. Costa, 1829)
+ Corbulomya maeoticum Milachewitch, 1916

Limnoperna atrata (Lischke, 1871)
+ Modiola aterrima Dall, 1871

Limnoperna balani (Ockelmann, 1983)

Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857)
+ Dreissena siamensis Morelet, 1866
+ Modiola lacustris Martens, 1875
+ Limnoperna lemeslei Rochebrune, 1881
+ Modiola cambodiensis Clessin, 1888
+ Mytilus martensi Neumayr, 1899
+ Limnoperna depressa Brandt & Temcharoen, 1971
+ Limnoperna supoti Brandt, 1974

Limnoperna hepatica (Gould, 1850)

Limnoperna inconstans (Dunker, 1856)
+ Modiola semivestita Dunker, 1871
+ Modiola nebulosa Tenison-Woods, 1876
+ Modiola angasi Clessin, 1889

Limnoperna mangle (Ockelmann, 1983)

Limnoperna pulex (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Mytilus nitens Menke, 1848
+ Mytilus ater Dunker & Zelebor, 1866
+ Mytilus crassus Tenison-Woods, 1878
+ Modiolus neozelanicus Iredale, 1915

Limnoperna sambasensis (Dautzenberg, 1903)

Limnoperna securis (Lamarck, 1819)
+ Modiola nitens Gould & Carpenter, 1857
+ Modiola vexillum Reeve, 1857
+ Perna confusa Angas, 1871
+ Modiola fluviatilis Hutton, 1878
+ Limnoperna fortunei kikuchii Habe, 1981

Meretrix casta (Gmelin, 1791)
+ Corbicula satparaensis Preston, 1914

Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758)

Monodacna albida (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1967)

Monodacna caspia (Eichwald, 1829)
+ Monodacna pontica Eichwald, 1838

Monodacna colorata (Eichwald, 1829)

Monodacna filatovae (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1967)

Monodacna knipowitschi (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1967)

Musculium lacustre (Müller, 1774)

Mytella bicolor (Bruguière, 1792)
+ Modiola semifusca Sowerby, 1825
+ Modiola brasiliensis var. mutabilis Carpenter, 1857
+ Modiola subfuscata Clessin, 1887

Mytella brasiliensis (Gray, 1825)
+ Modiola sinuosa King & Broderip, 1832
+ Mytilus umbonata Anton, 1838

Mytella charruana d’Orbigny, 1842
+ Mytilus strigatus Hanley, 1843
+ Mytilus falcatus d’Orbigny, 1846
+ Mytilus sinuatus Reeve, 1857
+ Volsella reevei Angas, 1867
+ Modiolus arciformis Dall, 1909
+ Mytilus mundahuensis Duarte, 1926

Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819)

Mytella maracaibensis Beauperthuy, 1967

Mytella speciosa (Reeve, 1857)
+ Modiolus planata Tomlin, 1928

Mytella tumbezensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935)

Mytilaster lineatus (Gmelin, 1791)
+ Mytilus confusus Dillwyn, 1817
+ Mytilus crispus Cantraine, 1835
+ Mytilus scaber Krynicki, 1837
+ Mytilus minimus var. squalidermis Danilo & Sandri, 1856
+ Mytilus baldi Brusina, 1865
+ Mytilus lineatus var. minorsolida Monterosato, 1875
+ Mytilus lamarckii Bucquoy et al., 1890

Mytilaster marioni (Locard, 1889)
+ Mytilus cylindraceus Marion, 1887

Mytilaster minimus (Poli, 1795)
+ Mytilus lacustris O.G. Costa, 1839
+ Mytilus cylindraceus Réquien, 1848
+ Mytilus liburnicus Brusin, 1870
+ Mytilus blondeli Monterosato, 1872
+ Mytilus minutus Locard, 1889

Mytilaster solidus Martin Monterosato, 1883

Mytilaster solisianus (d’Orbigny, 1842)
+ Mytilus janeirensis Dunker & Zelebor, 1866
+ Mytilus exiguus Dunker, 1875

Mytilopsis adamsi Morrison, 1946
+ Mytilus perviridis Holten, 1802
+ Mytilopsis allyneana Hertlein & Hanna, 1949
+ Mytilopsis zeteki Hertlein & Hanna, 1949

Mytilopsis africana (Van Beneden, 1835)
+ Dreissena cyanea Van Beneden, 1838
+ Dreissensia gibberosa Preston, 1909

Mytilopsis lacustris (Morelet, 1860)

Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)
+ Mytilus cochleatus Nyst, 1835
+ Mytilus americanus Reeve, 1858

Mytilopsis lopesi Alvarenga & Ricci, 1989

Mytilopsis ornata (Morelet, 1885)
+ Dreissensia holmi d’Ailly, 1896
+ Dreissensia bananaensis Preston, 1909

Mytilopsis sallei (Récluz, 1849)
+ Dreissena domingensis Récluz, 1852
+ Tichogonia rossmaessleri Dunker, 1853
+ Tichogonia riisei Dunker, 1853
+ Tichogonia pfeifferi Dunker, 1853
+ Dreissena moerchiana Dunker, 1855
+ Dreissena gundlachi Dunker, 1855
+ Congeria hoeblichi Schütt, 1991

Mytilopsis trautwineana (Tryon, 1866)
+ Praxis milleri Miller, 1879

Nausitora dryas (Dall, 1909)
+ Nausitora saulii Wright, 1866
+ Bankia (Nausitora) jamesi Bartsch, 1941

Nausitora dunlopei Wright, 1864
+ Calobates fluviatilis Hedley, 1898
+ Bankia (Nausitora) smithi Bartsch, 1927
+ Bankia globosa Sivickis, 1928
+ Bankia quadrangularis Sivickis, 1928
+ Bankia triangularis Sivickis, 1928
+ Nausitora messeli Iredale, 1932
+ Bankia pennaanseris Roch, 1935
+ Nausitora madagassica Roch, 1935
+ Nausitora schneideri Moll, 1935
+ Nausitora queenslandica Iredale, 1936
+ Bankia (Nausitora) madrasensis Nair, 1956

Nausitora excolpa (Bartsch, 1922)

Nausitora fusticula (Jeffreys, 1860)
+ Bankia braziliensis Bartsch, 1922

Nausitora hedleyi Schepman, 1919

Nausitora oahuensis (Edmondson, 1942)

Novaculina chinensis Liu & Zhang, 1979

Novaculina gangetica Benson, 1830
+ Solecurtus novaculina Sowerby, 1874

Novaculina siamensis Morlet, 1889

Pharella acuminatua [sic] (Hanley, 1842)

Pharella acutidens (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)
+ Solecurtus strigosus Gould, 1861

Pharella adamsii Clessin, 1888

Pharella javanica (Lamarck, 1818)
+ Solen michaudi Cailliaud, 1839

Pharella olivacea (Metcalfe, 1852)

Pharella waltoni Brandt, 1974

Pharella wardi Iredale, 1929

Pisidium casertanum (Poli, 1791)

Pisidium fultoni Kuiper, 1983

Pisidium henslowanum (Sheppard, 1825)

Pisidium moitessierianum

Pisidium nitidum

Pisidium subtruncatum Malm, 1855

Pisidium supinum Schmidt, 1850

Potamocorbula abbreviata (Preston, 1907)
+ Corbula alcocki Preston, 1907
+ Corbula calcaria Preston, 1907
+ Corbula gracilis Preston, 1907
+ Corbula pfeifferi Preston, 1907

Potamocorbula adamsi (Tryon, 1869)
+ Corbula rostrata H. Adams, 1868

Potamocorbula adusta (Reeve, 1844)
+ Corbula trigona Hinds, 1843
+ Corbula procera Reeve, 1844
+ Azara afra Boettger, 1885
+ Corbula assiniensis Chaper, 1885

Potamocorbula amurensis (Schrenck, 1861)
+ Corbula amplexa Adams, 1862
+ Corbula frequens Yokoyama, 1922
+ Corbula pustulosa Yokoyama, 1922
+ Corbula sematensis Yokoyama, 1922
+ Corbula vladivostokensis Bartsch, 1929
+ Potamocorbula amurensis takatuayamaensis Ando, 1965

Potamocorbula chilkaensis (Preston, 1911)

Potamocorbula fasciata (Reeve, 1843)
+ Corbula faba Hinds, 1843

Potamocorbula laevis (Hinds, 1843)

Potamocorbula nimbosa (Hanley, 1843)
+ Corbula labiata Reeve, 1844
+ Corbula ustulata Reeve, 1844

Potamocorbula rubromuscula Zhuang & Cai, 1983

Profischeria centralis (Germain, 1904)

Profischeria congo (Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927)

Profischeria curta (Dunker, 1867)

Profischeria delessertii (Bernardi, 1860)

Profischeria truncata (Martens, 1877)

Psiloteredo healdi (Bartsch, 1931)
+ Teredo (Neoteredo) miraflora Bartsch, 1922

Psiloteredo megotara (Hanley in Forbes & Hanley, 1848)
+ Teredo dilatata Stimpson, 1851
+ Teredo denticulata Fischer, 1856
+ Teredo subericola Jeffreys, 1860
+ Teredo subericola var. minor Jeffreys, 1860
+ Teredo megotara var. excisa Jeffreys, 1865
+ Teredo megotara var. mionota Jeffreys, 1865
+ Teredo megotara var. striatior Jeffreys, 1865

Psiloteredo senegalensis (Blainville, 1824)
+ Teredo petitii Récluz, 1849
+ Teredo adami Moll, 1941

Rangia cuneata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
+ Rangia cyrenoides Des Moulins, 1832
+ Gnathodon cuneata nasutus Dall, 1884

Rangia flexuosa (Conrad, 1839)
+ Gnathodon rostratum Petit de la Saussaye, 1853
+ Gnathodon flexuosa petitianus Dall, 1894

Rangia mendica (Gould, 1851)
+ Gnathodon trigonum Petit de la Saussaye, 1853
+ Gnathodon truncatum Petit de la Saussaye, 1853

Scaphula celox Benson, 1836

Scaphula deltae Blanford, 1867

Scaphula minuta Ghosh, 1922

Scaphula nagarjunai Janaki Ram & Radhakrishna, 1984

Scaphula pinna Benson, 1856

Sinomytilus harmandi (Rochebrune, 1881)
+ Dreissensia crosseana Morlet, 1884
+ Dreissensia massiei Morlet, 1892

Sinomytilus morrisoni Brandt, 1974

Sinomytilus swinhoei (H. Adams, 1870)

Solen delesserti Sowerby, 1874
+ Neosolen aquaedulcioris Ghosh, 1920

Solen fonesii Dunker, 1862

Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tanysiphon rivalis Benson, 1858
+ Anatina induta Preston, 1915

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