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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!

For each valid genus, the nominal generic synonyms are listed. The taxonomic history (since 1900) at the bottom of the page lists the genera to which all of the currently included species have been classified.

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genus Cyanocyclas Blainville, 1818: nominal genera
     7 valid species

Cyanocyclas Blainville, 1818
Blainville, 1818, Dict. Sci. Nat. 12: 280.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Cyclas Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Tellina limosa Maton, 1811 (sub. desig. by Dall, 1903: 1450) = Cyanocyclas limosa

Cyrenocyclas Agassiz, 1845
Agassiz, 1845, Nom. Syst. Gen. Moll.: 26.
Agassiz, 1845, Nomen. Zool., Mollusc.: 114.
(error for Cyanocyclas Blainville, 1818)

Neocorbicula Fischer, 1887
Fischer, 1887, Manuel Conchyl.: 1092.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811)
Type species: Cyclas (Cyrena) variegata d’Orbigny, 1835 (orig. desig.) = Cyanocyclas limosa

Gyanocyclas Haas, 1925
Haas, 1925, Arch. Moll. 57: 287.
(error for Cyanocyclas Blainville, 1818)

Cynocyclas Lydeard & Cummings, 2019
‘Blainville’ Lydeard & Cummings, 2019, Freshw. Moll. Atlas: 19.
(error for Cyanocyclas Blainville, 1818)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

NeocorbiculaMartens (1900), Park & Ó Foighil (2000), Cooley & Ó Foighil (2000), Siripattrawan et al. (2000), ..., Hedtke et al. (2008), Pigneur et al. (2014), Ituarte (2020), Bespalaya et al. (2023)
Corbicula (Cyanocyclas)Dall (1903), Marshall (1924), Marshall (1927), Thiele (1934)
Corbicula (Neocorbicula)H.B. Baker (1930)
B.J. Smith (1992)
CorbiculaContreras-Arquieta (2000), Gomes et al. (2016)
CyanocyclasMansur & Pereira (2006), Simone (2006), Lasso et al. (2009), Bogan (2010), WoRMS (2011), Pereira et al. (2014), Czaja et al. (2023)

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