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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae

subfamily UNIONINAE Rafinesque, 1820: nominal family-group taxa
     5 tribes

ALASMIDONTINAE Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 317 [as ‘Alasmidia. Les Alasmides’].
Deshayes, 1830, Enc. Méth. 2 (Première partie): 13 [as ‘Alasmides’].
Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 268, 381 [as ‘Alasmodontinæ’].
Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 8-9, 18.
(correct name for Alasmodontinae Swainson, 1840)
Type genus: Alasmidonta Say, 1818 = Alasmidonta

ANODONTINAE Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 316 [as ‘Anodontidia, Les Anodontides’].
Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 286, 381.
Ortmann, 1910, Nautilus 23: 117.
Type genus: Anodonta Lamarck, 1799 = Anodonta

UNIONINAE Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 290 [as ‘Uniodia, Les Uniodés’].
Fleming, 1828, Hist. Brit. Anim.: 408, 415.
Type genus: Unio Retzius, 1788 = Unio

ALASMODONTINAE Swainson, 1840
Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 264, 268, 275, 287-288, 290, 381.
(name corrected to Alasmidontinae Rafinesque, 1820)
Type genus: Alasmodon Thompson, 1820 = Alasmidonta

CAFFERIINAE Modell, 1942
Modell, 1942, Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 188.
Type genus: Cafferia Simpson, 1900 = Unio

CUNEOPSINAE Mongin, 1963
Mongin, 1963, Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 19.
Type genus: Cuneopsis Simpson, 1900 = Cuneopsis

ACUTICOSTINAE Starobogatov, 1967
Starobogatov, 1967, Trudy 3rd Sess. Vses. Paleont. Obshch. 9: 178.
Type genus: Acuticosta Simpson, 1900 = Acuticosta

OXYNAIINAE Starobogatov, 1970
Starobogatov, 1970, Fauna Moll. Continent.: 65, 284.
Type genus: Oxynaia Haas, 1911 = Nodularia

STROPHITINAE Starobogatov, 1970
Starobogatov, 1970, Fauna Moll. Continent.: 69, 287.
Gordon, 1980, Proc. Ark. Acad. Sci. 34: 58.
Gordon, 1985, Nautilus 99: 8.
Type genus: Strophitus Rafinesque, 1820 = Strophitus

ANADONTINAE Zatravkin, 1983
‘Rafinesque’ Zatravkin, 1983, [in] I.M. Likharev, Molluscs: 41.
(error for Anodontinae Rafinesque, 1820)
Type genus: Anodonta Lamarck, 1799 = Anodonta

PSEUDANODONTINAE Stadnichenko, 1984
‘Jaeckel’ Stadnichenko, 1984, Fauna Ukrayiny 29: 112.
Type genus: Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876 = Pseudanodonta

NODULARIINAE Bogatov & Zatravkin, 1988
‘Starobogatov & Zatravkin’ Bogatov & Zatravkin, 1988, Trudy Zool. Inst. 187: 25.
Type genus: Nodularia Conrad, 1853 = Nodularia

BRACHYANODONTINAE Starobogatov et al., 2004
Starobogatov et al., 2004, Key Freshw. Invert. Russia 6 (molluscs, polychaetes, nemerteans): 30.
Type genus: Brachyanodon Fischer & Crosse, 1894 = Anodonta

CRISTARIINAE Lopes-Lima et al., 2017
Lopes-Lima, Bogan & Froufe in Lopes-Lima et al., 2017, MPE 106: 180.
Type genus: Cristaria Schumacher, 1817 = Cristaria

LANCEOLARIINAE Lopes-Lima et al., 2017
Froufe, Lopes-Lima, & Bogan in Lopes-Lima et al., 2017, MPE 106: 181.
Type genus: Lanceolaria Conrad, 1853 = Lanceolaria

ACULAMPROTULINAE Huang et al., 2019
Huang & Wu in Huang et al., 2019, MPE 130: 57.
Type genus: Aculamprotula Wu et al., 1999 = Aculamprotula

LEPIDODESMINAE Huang et al., 2019
Huang & Wu in Huang et al., 2019, MPE 130: 57.
Type genus: Lepidodesma Simpson, 1896 = Lepidodesma

MIDDENDORFFINAIINAE Lopes-Lima et al., 2020
Lopes-Lima, Bolotov & Bogan in Lopes-Lima et al., 2020, MPE 146: [23].
Type genus: Middendorffinaia Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia

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