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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)
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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)
Quadrula — Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Vanatta (1915)
Crenodonta — Ortmann (1912), Ortmann (1914), Clench & Turner (1956), Murray & Leonard (1962)
Unio — de Gregorio (1914), Henderson (1935)
Amblema — Utterback (1915), Ortmann (1918), Ortmann & Walker (1922), Ortmann (1923), ..., Dai et al. (2024), Zieritz et al. (2024), Matos et al. (2024), Matos et al. (2024)
Megalonaias — Ortmann & 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)
Margaritifera — Henderson (1935)
Megalonoidea — MacNeil (1935), Haas (1969)
Cokeria — Haas (1969)
Strophitus — Vidrine (1993)
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