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

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genus Arcuatula Lamy, 1919: species
     2 available nominal genus synonyms | cladomics

Arcuatula arcuatula (Hanley, 1844)
syonymy (3 available, 4 total) | specimens (0)
Range: From Indochina, the Sunda Islands and the Philippines. Probably also Myanmar. (East Asia)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Brachidontes arcuatulus)
other links: MolluscaBase

Arcuatula capensis (Krauss, 1848) (brackish)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Brackish, southeast Africa.
other links: MolluscaBase

Arcuatula glaberrima (Dunker, 1857) (marine)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Marine.
other links: MolluscaBase

Arcuatula japonica (Dunker, 1857) (marine)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Marine.
other links: MolluscaBase

Arcuatula papyria (Conrad, 1846) (marine)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Marine.
other links: MolluscaBase

Arcuatula perfragilis (Dunker, 1857) (marine)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Marine.
other links: MolluscaBase

Arcuatula tristis (Dunker, 1857) (marine)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Marine, China.
other links: MolluscaBase

Arcuatula variegata (Benson, 1855) (marine)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Indian Ocean.
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