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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!
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Bivalvia | Sphaerioida superfamily SPHAERIOIDEA Deshayes, (1820): nominal family-group taxa
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CYCLADOIDEA Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 318 [as ‘Cycladia’].
Type genus: Cyclas Lamarck, 1799 = Sphaerium | SPHAERIOIDEA Deshayes, 1854
Deshayes, 1854, Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 1: 261.
Jeffreys, 1862, Br. Conchol. 1: 1.
Type genus: Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777 = Sphaerium | PISIDIOIDEA Turton, 1857
Gray in Turton, 1857, Man. Land Fresh-Water Shells Brit. Is.: 263 [as ‘Pisidiadae’].
Type genus: Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821 = Pisidium | CORNEOCYCLADOIDEA Hannibal, 1912
Hannibal, 1912, Proc. Malac. Soc. London 10(2): ??.
Type genus: Corneocyclas Blainville, 1818 = Sphaerium | EUPEROIDEA Heard, 1965
Heard, 1965, unknown publication: ??.
Type genus: Eupera Bourguignat, 1854 = Eupera | SPHAERIASTROIDEA Alimov & Starobogatov, 1968
Alimov & Starobogatov, 1968, Moll. & Role in Ecosyst.: ??.
Type genus: Sphaeriastrum Bourguignat, 1854 = Sphaerium | EUGLESOIDEA Pirogov & Starobogatov, 1974
Pirogov & Starobogatov, 1974, Zool. Zhur. 53(3): 327.
Type genus: Euglesa Jenyns, 1832 = Euglesa | MUSCULIOIDEA Stadnichenko, 1984
Starobogatov in Stadnichenko, 1984, Fauna Ukrayiny 29: 155.
Type genus: Musculium Link, 1807 = Sphaerium | LACUSTRINOIDEA Korniushin, 1989
Korniushin, 1989, Zool. Zhur. 68(11): 22.
Type genus: Lacustrina Sterki, 1916 = Pisidium | NEOPISIDIOIDEA Korniushin, 1989
Korniushin, 1989, Zool. Zhur. 68(11): 22.
Type genus: Neopisidium Odhner, 1921 = Odhneripisidium |
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