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 valid species are listed, Recent taxa first.

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Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenidae

genus Villorita Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833: valid species
     2 nominal genera as synonyms | Cladomics

Villorita corbiculoides Prashad, 1927 (brackish) 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Bombay, India. [East Asia] IUCN Red List: Data Deficient.

Villorita cornucopia Prashad, 1921 (brackish) 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Kerala backwaters, India. [East Asia] Genbank sequences: COI. IUCN Red List: Least Concern.

Villorita cyprinoides (Gray, 1825) (brackish) 4 synonyms | 0 specimens Range: Widespread from Pakistan, southeastern Asia, the Sunda Islands and the Philippines. [East Asia] Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, COI, H3, mtGenome. IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Other web site: MolluscaBase.

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