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Wed 04 Dec 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 valid species are listed, Recent taxa first.

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae

genus Pleiodon Conrad, 1834: valid species
     4 nominal genera as synonyms | Cladomics

Pleiodon ovatus (Swainson, 1823)
19 synonyms | 100 specimens
Range: Senegal, western Africa. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Mutela ovata), Critically Endangered.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Pleiodon spekii (Woodward, 1859)
38 synonyms | 161 specimens
Range: Endemic to Lake Tanganyika, Africa. [Afrotropics]
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Pleiodon lanceolatum Kat, 1987 (Tertiary)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Miocene, Africa.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Pleiodon moharensis (Gautier, 1965) (Tertiary)
2 synonyms | 0 specimens
Range: Miocene, Africa.

Pleiodon priscus Ihering, 1912 (fossil)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range:

Pleiodon rusingae Kat, 1987 (Tertiary)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Miocene, Africa.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Pleiodon tavernieri (Gautier, 1965) (Tertiary)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: Miocene, Africa.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Page updated: 14:55:16 Wed 04 Dec 2024

 
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