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Unionidae

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North America

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini

subtribe ANODONTINA Rafinesque, 1820

synonyms (4 nomina) | cladomics

Included Taxa

genus Anodonta Lamarck, 1799: 9 Recent freshwater species.

synonymy (73 available nomina) | 22 species

Distribution: North Eurasia, North America

Decorative image of a representative of Brachyanodon impura

genus Brachyanodon Crosse & Fischer, 1894: 1 Recent freshwater species.

synonymy (1 available nomina) | 1 species

Distribution: Central America

genus Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876: 1 Recent freshwater species.

synonymy (6 available nomina) | 1 species

Distribution: North Eurasia

 
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