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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!

The synonymy list the nominal family-group level taxa circumscribed within the valid taxon.

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Bivalvia | Mytiloida | Mytiloidea

family MYTILIDAE Rafinesque, 1815: nominal family-group taxa
     9 genera

MYTILIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
Rafinesque, 1815, Analyse Nat.: ??.
Type genus: Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 = Mytilus

JOLIDAE Bourguignat, 1880
Bourguignat, 1880, Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 5.
Type genus: Jolya Bourguignat, 1876 = Jolya

ARCUATULIDAE Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979
Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979, Trudy Zool. Inst. 80: ??.
Type genus: Arcuatula Lamy, 1919 = Arcuatula

SEPTIFERIDAE Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979
Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979, Trudy Zool. Inst. 80: ??.
Type genus: Septifer Récluz, 1848 = Septifer

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