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Thu 04 Apr 2024

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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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Pleurobemini

genus Parvaspina Perkins, Johnson & Gangloff, 2017: nominal genera
     2 valid species

Parvaspina Perkins et al., 2017
Perkins et al., 2017, Conserv. Genet. 18: 755.
Type species: Unio collinus Conrad, 1837 (orig. desig.) = Parvaspina collina

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Alasmidonta (Pressodonta)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
CanthyriaFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Pleurobema (Lexingtonia)R.I. Johnson (1970)
PleurobemaBurch (1975), Turgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), IUCN (1996), ..., Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Campbell & Lydeard (2012), Jones (2015), Pfeiffer et al. (2016)
Elliptio (Canthyria)Johnson & Clarke (1983)
FusconaiaJohnson & Clarke (1983)
ElliptioTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), IUCN (1996), Turgeon et al. (1998), Bogan (2002), Graf & Cummings (2007), Cummings & Graf (2010), Bogan (2010), Haag (2012), ITIS (2012)
ParvaspinaWilliams et al. (2017), Perkins et al. (2017), Inoue et al. (2018), Inoue et al. (2020), Smith et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

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