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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 | Amblemini

genus Amblema Rafinesque, 1820: nominal genera
     12 valid species

Amblema Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1819, Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 427.
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 314.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 29, 57.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Amblema costata Rafinesque, 1820 (sub. desig. by Rafinesque, 1831: ??) = Amblema plicata

Emblema Deshayes, 1840
Deshayes, 1840, Diction. Class. Hist. Nat. 1: 334.
(error for Amblema Rafinesque, 1820)

Cokeria Marshall, 1916
Marshall, 1916, Nautilus 29: 133.
Type species: Cokeria southalli Marshall, 1916 (original designation) = Amblema plicata

Megalonoidea MacNeil, 1935
MacNeil, 1935, Jour. Paleont. 9: 13.
Type species: Megalonoidea porcata MacNeil, 1935 (orig. desig.) = Amblema porcata

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Quadrula (sec. Crenodonta)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914), de Gregorio (1914), Millard (2001)
Unio (s.s.)Call (1900)
QuadrulaOrtmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Vanatta (1915)
CrenodontaOrtmann (1912), Ortmann (1914), Clench & Turner (1956), Murray & Leonard (1962)
Uniode Gregorio (1914), Henderson (1935)
AmblemaUtterback (1915), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1923), ..., Hauck et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2024)
MegalonaiasOrtmann & Walker (1922), F.C. Baker (1928), Burch (1975), Howells et al. (1996), Williams et al. (2008), Watters et al. (2009)
Quadrula (Fusconia [sic])Frierson (1927)
Amblema (s.s.)Frierson (1927), Haas (1930), Haas (1969)
Amblema (Megalonaias)Frierson (1927)
MargaritiferaHenderson (1935)
MegalonoideaMacNeil (1935), Haas (1969)
CokeriaHaas (1969)
StrophitusVidrine (1993)

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