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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genus Novaculina Benson, 1830: valid species
     3 nominal genera as synonyms | Cladomics

Novaculina andamanensis Preston, 1918 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Andaman Islands, India. [East Asia]

Novaculina chinensis Liu & Zhang, 1979 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: From lower Yangtze, China. [East Asia]

Novaculina gangetica Benson, 1830 3 synonyms | 0 specimens Range: Ganga Basin, in India and Bangladesh to Myanmar. [East Asia] IUCN Red List: Least Concern.

Novaculina myanmarensis Bolotov et al., 2018 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Salween and Irrawaddy rivers, Myanmar. [East Asia]

Novaculina siamensis Morlet, 1889 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Pa Sak River, Thailand. [East Asia] IUCN Red List: Data Deficient.

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