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MUSSELpdb

Taxonomy

Margaritiferidae

Species & Genus Richness by
Taxonomy

Geography

Central America

Species Richness & Endemism by
Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

order VENEROIDA

Included Taxa

superfamily ARCTICOIDEA R.B. Newton, 1891: no Recent freshwater species in the MUSSELpdb.

synonymy (1 nomen) | 1 family

Decorative image of a representative Cyrenoidea

superfamily CYRENOIDEA Gray, 1840: 95 Recent freshwater species.

synonymy (4 nomina) | 3 families

Distribution: East Asia, Australasia, Afrotropics, South America, North Eurasia, North America, Central America

superfamily GLOSSOIDEA Gray, 1847 (1840): no Recent freshwater species in the MUSSELpdb.

synonymy (0 nomina) | 1 family

superfamily MACTROIDEA Lamarck, 1809: 1 Recent freshwater species.

synonymy (1 nomen) | 1 family

Distribution: East Asia

superfamily VENEROIDEA Rafinesque, 1815: no Recent freshwater species in the MUSSELpdb.

synonymy (0 nomina) | 1 family

Distribution: Afrotropics

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