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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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genus Arctica Schumacher, 1817: synonymy
     1 Recent valid species (1 total species)

Arctica Schumacher, 1817
Schumacher, 1817. Essai. Nouv. Syst.: 48, 145.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

ArcticaGiribet & Wheeler (2002), Bieler et al. (2014), Combosch et al. (2017), Wu et al. (2023), Huang et al. (2025)

 
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