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Taxonomy

Margaritiferidae

Species & Genus Richness by
Taxonomy

Geography

Central America

Species Richness & Endemism by
Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae

tribe ANODONTINI Rafinesque, 1820

synonyms (8 nomina) | cladomics

Included Taxa

subtribe ALASMIDONTINA Rafinesque, 1820: 49 Recent freshwater species.

synonymy (3 nomina) | 17 genera

Distribution: North America, Central America

subtribe ANODONTINA Rafinesque, 1820: 11 Recent freshwater species.

synonymy (4 nomina) | 3 genera

Distribution: North Eurasia, North America, Central America

subtribe CRISTARIINA Lopes-Lima, Bogan & Froufe in Lopes-Lima et al., 2017: 36 Recent freshwater species.

synonymy (1 nomen) | 10 genera

Distribution: East Asia, North America, North Eurasia, Central America

genus Leptanodonta Wenz, 1927: fossil only.

synonymy (1 available nomina) | 1 species

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