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 | Veneroida | Arcticoidea | Arcticidae | Arctica islandica

nominal species Venus islandica Linnaeus, 1767

Lister, 1685, Conch.: pl. 272, fig. 108.
Linnaeus, 1767, Syst. Nat. 1(2): 1131.
Martini & Chemnitz, 1782, Conchyl. Cab. 6: pl. 32, figs. 341-342.
Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat. 1(6): 3271.

= Arctica islandica

Taxonomic Opinions

= Arctica islandica — Wu, 2023
= Cyprina islandica Lamk. — Deshayes, 1830
= Cyclas islandica n. — Lamarck, 1806

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