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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. The MUSSEL Project Database has moved to a new server, with a new URL! The new address for this page is: https://musselpdb.org/db.php?ty=validgen_syn&id=296
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Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina genus Platynaias Walker, 1918: nominal genera
3 valid species
Symphynota Simpson, 1900
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 662.
Ortmann, 1912, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 280.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 480.
Ortmann, 1914, Nautilus 28(4): 41.
(reference to Symphynota Lea, 1829)
Type species: Symphynota compressa Lea, 1829 (orig. desig.) = Platynaias compressa |
Platynaias Walker, 1918
Walker, 1918, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (49): 2.
Ortmann & Walker, 1922, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich. (112): 33.
Type species: Symphynota compressa Lea, 1829 (orig. desig.) = Platynaias compressa |
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Unio (sec. Elliptio) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Symphynota (s.s.) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (s.s.) — Call (1900)
Symphynota — Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912)
— Simpson (1914), Ortmann (1918)
Unio — de Gregorio (1914)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) — Ortmann & Walker (1922), Frierson (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), R.I. Johnson (1970), Clarke (1985), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Elliptio (s.s.) — Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (sec. Platynaias) — Thiele (1934)
Lasmigona — Clarke (1973), Heard (1975), Burch (1975), Mathiak (1979), ..., Dai et al. (2024), Dai et al. (2025), Perkins et al. (2025), Chen et al. (2025)
Platynaias — Wu et al. (2023), Hou et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), Wu et al. (2024), FMCS (2025)
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