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Thu 21 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 valid genus, the valid species are listed, Recent taxa first.

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Bivalvia | Mytiloida | Mytilidae

genus Mytella Soot-Ryen, 1955: valid species
     1 nominal genus | Cladomics

Mytella charruana (d’Orbigny, 1846) (brackish)
7 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Brackish, Central and South America. Introduced to Florida, USA. [Central America, North America, South America]

Mytella guyanensis (Lamarck, 1819) (brackish)
9 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Brackish, Pacific from Peru to perhaps as far north as Baja California. [Central America, North America, South America]

Mytella maracaibensis Beauperthuy, 1967 (brackish)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. [South America]

Mytella speciosa (Reeve, 1857) (brackish)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Brackish, Pacific from Peru north to Baja California. [Central America, North America, South America]

Mytella tumbezensis (Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935) (brackish)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Brackish, Pacific from Peru north to Baja California. [Central America, North America, South America]

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