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Taxonomy

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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae


Species & Genus Richness by
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Geography

Summary

North America

Central America

South America

Afrotropics

North Eurasia

East Asia

Australasia


Species Richness & Endemism by
Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Kano et al. (2019): summary

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Full Citation

Kano, Y., Y. Kurita, K. Saito, H. Hayashi, N. Onikura & T. Yamasaki. 2019. Photo images, 3D/CT data and mtDNA of the freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in the Kyushu and Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with SEM/EDS analysis of the shell. Biodiversity Data Journal 7. e32114 (15 pp.). Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cristaria tenuis = Pletholophus tenuis

Inversidens brandtii

Inversiunio yanagawensis

Lanceolaria grayana = Lanceolaria grayii

Margaritifera falcata

Nodularia douglasiae nipponensis = Nodularia nipponensis

Obovalis omiensis

Pronodularia japanensis

Sinanodonta japonica = Beringiana japonica

Sinanodonta lauta

 
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