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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 | Cardioida | Cardioidea | Cardiidae

genus Cerastoderma Poli, 1795: synonymy
     0 Recent freshwater species (3 total species)

Cerastes Poli, 1795
Poli, 1795. Testacea Utriusque Siciliae 2: ??.

Cerastoderma Poli, 1795
Poli, 1795. Testacea Utriusque Siciliae 2: 252, 258.
Type species: Cardium edule Linnaeus, 1758 (sub. desig. by Martens, 1870: __) = Cerastoderma edule

Edulicardium Monterosato, 1923
Monterosato, 1923. unknown publication: ??.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

CardiumZhadin (1965), Slugina (2006)
CerastodermaKeen (1969), Huber (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Wesselingh et al. (2019), Kondakov et al. (2020)

 
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