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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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genus Strophitus Rafinesque, 1820: nominal genera
     8 valid species

Strophitus Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 316.
Rafinesque, 1864, [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 59.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Anodonta Lamarck, 1799)
Type species: Anodonta undulata Say, 1817 (monotypy) = Strophitus undulatus

Strophites Deshayes, 1832
‘Rafinesque’ Deshayes, 1832, Enc. Méth. 3: 998.
(error for Strophitus Rafinesque, 1820)

Hemidon Swainson, 1840
Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 288.
(error for Hemiodon Swainson, 1840)

Hemidonta Swainson, 1840
Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 412 (index).
(error for Hemiodon Swainson, 1840)

Hemiodon Swainson, 1840
Swainson, 1840, Treat. Malacol.: 286-289, 381; 288 [as ‘Hemidon’].
(homonym of Swainson, 1840 [Helicidae]; renamed Pressodonta Simpson, 1900)
Type species: Anodonta undulata Say, 1817 (sub. desig. by Herrmannsen, 1847: 527) = Strophitus undulatus

Strophilus Gray, 1847
‘Rafinesque’ Gray, 1847, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 196.
(error for Strophitus Rafinesque, 1820)

Uniopsis Agassiz, 1852
‘Swainson’ Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 49.
(reference to Uniopsis Swainson, 1840)
Type species: Alasmodonta edentula Say, 1829 () = Strophitus undulatus

Stophites Chenu, 1859
Desmarest in Chenu, 1859, Encycl. Hist. Nat., Crust. Moll. Zooph. 4: 212.
(error for Strophitus Rafinesque, 1820)

Hemiodonta Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 667, footnote.
(error for Hemidonta Swainson, 1840)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

StrophitusSimpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), ..., Wu et al. (2023), Liu et al. (2023), Hopper et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023)
Unio (Anodonta)Call (1900)
Strophitus (s.s.)Simpson (1914), Frierson (1927), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
AnodontoidesSimpson (1914), Clench & Turner (1956), R.I. Johnson (1967), Burch (1975), ..., ITIS (2012), Bogan & Raley (2013), Williams et al. (2014), Williams et al. (2017)
de Gregorio (1914), Haas (1969)
AnodontaRussell (1934), Henderson (1935)
S.Marshall et al. (2018)

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