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Thu 21 Mar 2024

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 | Gonideinae | Rectidentini

genus Rectidens Simpson, 1900: nominal genera
     1 valid species

Rectidens Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 853.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1157.
Type species: Unio prolongatus Drouët, 1894 (orig. desig.) = Rectidens sumatrensis

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

RectidensSimpson (1900), Haas (1914), Simpson (1914), Thiele (1934), ..., Konopleva et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2023), Wu et al. (2024)
Simpson (1900), Haas (1969)
UnioMartens (1900), Preston (1912)

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