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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 Abra Lamarck, 1818: synonymy
     4 Recent valid species (4 total species)

Abra Lamarck, 1818
‘Leach’ Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 492.
Type species: Mactra tenuis Montagu, 1803 = Abra tenuis

Syndosmya Récluz, 1843
Récluz, 1843. unknown publication: ??.

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

AbraZhadin (1965), Giribet & Wheeler (2002), WoRMS (2011), Bieler et al. (2014), Vinarski & Kantor (2016), Combosch et al. (2017), Wesselingh et al. (2019)

 
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