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 | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae

subfamily SPHAERIINAE Deshayes, (1820)
     9 nominal subfamilies as synonyms | cladomics

genus Euglesa Jenyns, 1832: 86 Recent species. 40 generic synonyms | 86 valid species | cladomics Distribution: Afrotropics, Australasia, Central America, East Asia, North America, North Eurasia, South America.

genus Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777: 69 Recent species. 52 generic synonyms | 69 valid species | cladomics Distribution: Afrotropics, Australasia, Central America, East Asia, North America, North Eurasia, South America.

genus Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821: 55 Recent species. 19 generic synonyms | 55 valid species | cladomics Distribution: Afrotropics, Australasia, Central America, East Asia, North America, North Eurasia, South America.

genus Odhneripisidium Kuiper, 1962: 22 Recent species. 7 generic synonyms | 22 valid species | cladomics Distribution: Afrotropics, Australasia, East Asia, North America, North Eurasia, South America.

genus Conventus Pirogov & Starobogatov, 1974: 3 Recent species. 2 generic synonyms | 3 valid species | cladomics Distribution: East Asia, North America, North Eurasia.

genus Hindupisidium Vinarksi & Bespalaya in Bespalaya et al., 2023: 3 Recent species. 1 generic synonym | 3 valid species | cladomics Distribution: East Asia.

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