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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 | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea

family SPHAERIIDAE Deshayes, 1855: nominal family-group taxa
     2 subfamilies

CYCLADIDAE Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 318 [as ‘Cycladia’].
Type genus: Cyclas Lamarck, 1799 = Sphaerium

SPHAERIIDAE Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854, Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 1: 261.
Jeffreys, 1862, Br. Conchol. 1: 1.
Type genus: Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777 = Sphaerium

PISIDIIDAE Turton, 1857
Gray in Turton, 1857, Man. Land Fresh-Water Shells Brit. Is.: 263 [as ‘Pisidiadae’].
Type genus: Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821 = Pisidium

CORNEOCYCLADIDAE Hannibal, 1912
Hannibal, 1912, Proc. Malac. Soc. London 10(2): ??.
Type genus: Corneocyclas Blainville, 1818 = Sphaerium

EUPERIDAE Heard, 1965
Heard, 1965, unknown publication: ??.
Type genus: Eupera Bourguignat, 1854 = Eupera

SPHAERIASTRIDAE Alimov & Starobogatov, 1968
Alimov & Starobogatov, 1968, Moll. & Role in Ecosyst.: ??.
Type genus: Sphaeriastrum Bourguignat, 1854 = Sphaerium

EUGLESIDAE Pirogov & Starobogatov, 1974
Pirogov & Starobogatov, 1974, Zool. Zhur. 53(3): 327.
Type genus: Euglesa Jenyns, 1832 = Euglesa

MUSCULIIDAE Stadnichenko, 1984
Starobogatov in Stadnichenko, 1984, Fauna Ukrayiny 29: 155.
Type genus: Musculium Link, 1807 = Sphaerium

LACUSTRINIDAE Korniushin, 1989
Korniushin, 1989, Zool. Zhur. 68(11): 22.
Type genus: Lacustrina Sterki, 1916 = Pisidium

NEOPISIDIIDAE Korniushin, 1989
Korniushin, 1989, Zool. Zhur. 68(11): 22.
Type genus: Neopisidium Odhner, 1921 = Odhneripisidium

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