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Species & Genus Richness offreshwater musselsby Taxonomy
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Species Richness & Endemism offreshwater mussels by Geography
Data last updated Mon 2 March 2026
Bivalvia | Anomalodesmata | Thracioidea | Periplomatidae
0 Recent freshwater species (1 total species)
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 40, 115.
The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Periploma, since 1900.