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 | 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! 
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 Bivalvia | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea family SPHAERIIDAE Deshayes, 1855synonyms (10 nomina) | cladomics
 |  subfamily EUPERINAE Heard, 1965: 34 Recent species. synonymy (1 
             nomen) | 2 genera
 Distribution: South America, Central America, Afrotropics, North America
 |  |  subfamily SPHAERIINAE Deshayes,  (1820): 238 Recent species. synonymy (9 
             nomina) | 7 genera
 Distribution: North America, North Eurasia, East Asia, Australasia, Central America, South America, Afrotropics
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