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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Gonideinae

tribe LAMPROTULINI Modell, 1942

synonyms (2 nomina) | cladomics

Included Taxa

genus Discomya Simpson, 1900: 1 Recent freshwater species.

synonymy (1 available nomina) | 1 species

Distribution: East Asia

genus Lamprotula Simpson, 1900: 17 Recent freshwater species.

synonymy (5 available nomina) | 26 species

Distribution: East Asia

genus Potomida Swainson, 1840: 3 Recent freshwater species.

synonymy (14 available nomina) | 13 species

Distribution: North Eurasia

genus Pronodularia Starobogatov, 1970: 1 Recent freshwater species.

synonymy (1 available nomina) | 1 species

Distribution: East Asia
 
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