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Fri 05 Sep 2025

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.

The MUSSEL Project Database has moved to a new server, with a new URL! The new address for this page is: https://musselpdb.org/fmuotwaolcb/db.php?ty=validgen_syn&id=1741

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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina

genus Ligodonta Perkins, DeVilbiss & Whelan in Perkins et al., 2025: nominal genera
     1 valid species

Ligodonta Perkins et al., 2025
Perkins, DeVilbiss & Whelan in Perkins et al., 2025, ZooKeys 1248: 252.
Type species: Ligodonta obscura Perkins et al., 2025 (orig. desig.) = Ligodonta obscura

Microdonta Perkins et al., 2025
Perkins et al., 2025, ZooKeys 1248: supplemental figures. [nomen nudum]
(intro'd as syn. of Ligodonta Perkins et al., 2025)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

LigodontaPerkins et al. (2025)

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