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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!
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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini genus Delphinonaias Crosse & Fischer, 1894: synonymy 2 Recent freshwater species (2 total species) Delphinonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894 Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 555. (intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788) Type species: Unio delphinulus Morelet, 1849 (orig. desig.) = Delphinonaias largillierti Phyllonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894 Fischer & Crosse, 1894. Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 555. (intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788) Type species: Unio paludosus Morelet, 1849 (orig. desig.) = Delphinonaias largillierti Delphinonais Frierson, 1927 ‘Crosse & Fischer’ Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 84. (error for Delphinonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894) Taxonomic History (since 1900)Lampsilis (Proptera) — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914) Unio (Metaptera) — Martens (1900) Lampsilis (Delphinonaias) — Frierson (1927), Haas (1929), Haas (1969), Haas (1969) Lampsilis (sec. Delphinonaias) — Thiele (1934) Lampsilis (sec. Phyllonaias) — Thiele (1934) Leptodea — Goodrich & van der Schalie (1937) Lampsilis (Phyllonaias) — Haas (1969), Haas (1969) Potamilus — Graf & Cummings (2007) Delphinonaias — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Zieritz et al. (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)
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