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

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subfamily PARREYSIINAE Henderson, 1935: syonymy
     5 tribes

PARREYSIINAE Henderson, 1935
Henderson, 1935. GSA, Spec. Pap. 3: 69.
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 186.
Type genus: Parreysia Conrad, 1853 = Parreysia

PSEUDAVICULINAE Modell, 1942
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 176.
Type genus: Pseudavicula Simpson, 1900 = Prisodontopsis

LAMELLIDENTINAE Modell, 1942
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 188.
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 111.
Type genus: Lamellidens Simpson, 1900 = Lamellidens

CAELATURINAE Modell, 1942
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 190.
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 64.
(name corrected to Coelaturidae Modell, 1942)
Type genus: Caelatura Conrad, 1853 = Coelatura

COELATURINAE Modell, 1942
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 190 [as ‘Caelaurinae’].
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 116 [as ‘Caelaturinae’].
(correct name for Caelaturidae Modell, 1942)
Type genus: Coelatura Conrad, 1853 = Coelatura

PSEUDOSPATHINAE Leloup, 1950
Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 111.
Pain & Woodward, 1968. Rev. Zool. Botan. Afr. 77: 193, 212.
Type genus: Pseudospatha Simpson, 1900 = Pseudospatha

BRAZZAEAINAE Leloup, 1950
Leloup, 1950. Res. Sci. Explor. Hydrob. Lac Tanganyika (1946-1947) 3: 73.
Pain & Woodward, 1968. Rev. Zool. Botan. Afr. 77: 192.
Type genus: Brazzaea Bourguignat, 1886 = Brazzaea

DENTASPATHARIINAE Modell, 1964
Modell, 1964. Arch. Moll. 93: 83.
Type genus: Dentaspatharia Modell, 1964 = Dentaspatharia

MWERUELLINAE Pain & Woodward, 1968
Pain & Woodward, 1968. Rev. Zool. Botan. Afr. 77: 193, 200.
Type genus: Mweruella Haas, 1936 = Prisodontopsis

PRISODONTOPSINAE Pain & Woodward, 1968
Pain & Woodward, 1968. Rev. Zool. Botan. Afr. 77: 193, 206.
Type genus: Prisodontopsis Tomlin, 1928 = Prisodontopsis

ARCIDOPSINAE Starobogatov, 1970
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 61, 283.
Type genus: Arcidopsis Simpson, 1900 = Arcidopsis

LEOPARREYSIINAE Bolotov et al., 2017
Vikhrev, Bolotov & Kondakov in Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: 2.
Type genus: Leoparreysia Bolotov et al., 2017 = Leoparreysia

INDOCHINELLINAE Bolotov et al., 2018
Bolotov, Pfeiffer, Vikhrev, & Konopleva in Bolotov et al., 2018. Sci. Repts. 8: 5.
Type genus: Indochinella Bolotov et al., 2018 = Indochinella
 
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