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 valid species are listed, Recent taxa first.

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Lepidodesmini

genus Lepidodesma Simpson, 1896: valid species
     1 nominal genus | Cladomics

Lepidodesma aligera (Heude, 1877) 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Huai He River, China. [East Asia] Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, mtGenome. Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Lepidodesma languilati (Heude, 1874) 5 synonyms | 6 specimens Range: Yangtze River, China. [East Asia] Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, ND1, mtGenome. IUCN Red List: Data Deficient. Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Lepidodesma uejii Kuroda, 1939 (fossil) 1 synonym | 0 specimens Range: Other web site: MolluscaBase.

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