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Wed 11 Sep 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 | Lampsilini

genus Paetulunio Watters, 2018: nominal genera
     1 valid species

Micromya Agassiz, 1852
Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 47.
(homonym of Rondani, 1840 [Dipt.])
Type species: Unio lapillus Say, 1831 (sub. desig. by Herrmannsen, 1852: 83) = Paetulunio fabalis

Paetulunio Watters, 2018
Watters, 2018, Visaya, Suppl. (10): 13.
Type species: Unio fabalis Lea, 1831 (orig. desig.) = Paetulunio fabalis

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

MicromyaSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1924), Ortmann (1925), Haas (1969)
Unio (s.s.)Call (1900)
Eurynia (Micromya)Ortmann (1912), Ortmann (1918)
Uniode Gregorio (1914)
de Gregorio (1914)
LemioxFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Ligumia (Micromya)Thiele (1934)
VillosaBurch (1975), Mackie et al. (1980), R.I. Johnson (1980), Turgeon et al. (1988), ..., Lane et al. (2016), Williams et al. (2017), Gasparini et al. (2020), Klymus et al. (2020)
PaetulunioWatters (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)

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