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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 Monodontina Conrad, 1853: nominal genera
     6 valid species

Monodontina Conrad, 1853
Conrad, 1853, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6: 269.
Type species: Margaritana vondembuschiana Lea, 1840 (orig. desig.) = Monodontina vondembuschiana

Suborbiculus Simpson, 1900
Simpson, 1900, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 22: 835.
Simpson, 1914, Descr. Cat. Naiades: 1081.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Pseudodon Gould, 1844)
Type species: Monocondylus orbicularis Morelet, 1866 (original designation) = Monodontina cambodjensis

Diplopseudodon Haas, 1920
Haas, 1920, Conch. Cab. 9 (pt. 2, h. 53): 313.
Haas, 1924, Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 38: 129.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Pseudodon Gould, 1844)
Type species: Pseudodon crassus Drouët & Chaper, 1892 (orig. desig.) = Monodontina walpolei

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

DalliellaSimpson (1900)
Pseudodon (sec. Suborbiculus)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Pseudodon (s.s.)Simpson (1900), Preston (1912), Simpson (1914), Haas (1924), Thiele (1934), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Hyriopsis (s.s.)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
PseudodonSimpson (1900), Martens (1900), van Benthem Jutting (1953), Brandt (1974), ..., Zieritz et al. (2018), Do et al. (2018), Pfeiffer et al. (2018), Zieritz et al. (2020)
UnioMartens (1900)
SimpsonellaSimpson (1914)
Nodularia (s.s.)Simpson (1914)
Margaritanade Gregorio (1914)
MonodontinaPrashad (1919), Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2018), Huang et al. (2019), ..., Pavan-Kumar et al. (2022), Konopleva et al. (2023), Dai et al. (2023), Jeratthitikul & Sutcharit (2023)
Pseudodon (Cosmopseudodon)Haas (1920), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Pseudodon (Diplopseudodon)Haas (1920), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Pseudodon (Monodontina)Haas (1920), Haas (1924), Haas (1969), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Pseudodon (Bineurus)Haas (1920), Haas (1969), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Pseudodon (sec. Diplopseudodon)Thiele (1934)
Haas (1969), Subba Rao (1989)

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