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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae
32 genera
Ihering, 1901. Nautilus 15(4): 53.Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23: 118.Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 224.Type genus: Lampsilis Rafinesque, 1820 = Lampsilis
Hannibal, 1912. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 10(2): 119.Type genus: Proptera Rafinesque, 1819 = Potamilus
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 70, 287.Type genus: Cyprogenia Agassiz, 1852 = Cyprogenia
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 70, 287.Type genus: Dromus Simpson, 1900 = Dromus
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 70, 287.Type genus: Friersonia Ortmann, 1912 = Friersonia
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 70, 287.Type genus: Glebula Conrad, 1853 = Glebula
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 70, 287.Type genus: Medionidus Simpson, 1900 = Medionidus
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 70, 287.(name corrected to Pileidae Starobogatov, 1970)Type genus: Pilea Simpson, 1900 = Epioblasma
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 70, 287.Type genus: Ptychobranchus Simpson, 1900 = Ptychobranchus
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 70, 287 [as ‘Pilaeini’].(correct name for Pilaeidae Starobogatov, 1970)Type genus: Pilea Simpson, 1900 = Epioblasma
