MUSSELp
 
MUSSELpdb
 
 
Taxonomy
 
 
Geography
 
 
 

Page last updated
Wed 1 October 2025

The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

Search the database pages:

Bivalvia | Mytiloida | Mytiloidea

family MYTILIDAE Rafinesque, 1815: syonymy
     9 genera

MYTILIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
Rafinesque, 1815. Analyse Nat.: ??.
Type genus: Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 = Mytilus

ARCUATULIDAE Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979
Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979. Trudy Zool. Inst. 80: ??.
Type genus: Arcuatula Lamy, 1919 = Arcuatula

SEPTIFERIDAE Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979
Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979. Trudy Zool. Inst. 80: ??.
Type genus: Septifer Récluz, 1848 = Septifer

JOLIDAE Bourguignat, 1880
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 5.
Type genus: Jolya Bourguignat, 1876 = Jolya

 
NSF icon MUSSEL icon
"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."