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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 | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina

genus Pterosyna Rafinesque, 1831: species
     5 available nominal genus synonyms (7 total synonyms) | cladomics

Pterosyna alabamensis Clarke, 1985
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Endemic to the Mobile Basin on the Gulf Coastal Plain, USA. (North America)
NatureServe: G3 (Lasmigona alabamensis)
other links: MolluscaBase

Pterosyna complanata (Barnes, 1823)
syonymy (4 available, 5 total) | specimens (3 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: Widespread in the Interior, Nelson, Great Lakes and the Gulf Coastal Plain west of the Mobile Basin, North America. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, COI, mtGenome, ND1, other
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Lasmigona complanata)
NatureServe: G5 (Lasmigona complanata)
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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