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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 | Pectinida | Pectinoidea | Pectinidae genus Amusium Röding, 1798: synonymy 1 Recent valid species (1 total species) Amusium Röding, 1798 Rumphius, 1711. Thesaurus imaginum piscium testaceorum : pl. 45, figs. A-B. [pre-linnaean] Klein, 1753. Tent. Method. Ostrac., etc.: 134. [pre-linnaean] Röding, 1798. Museum Boltenianum: 165. (renamed Amussium Herrmannsen, 1846) Type species: Ostrea pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758 = Amusium pleuronectes Amussium Herrmannsen, 1846 Herrmannsen, 1846. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 1: 47. (new name for Amusium Röding, 1798) Type species: Ostrea pleuronectes Linnaeus, 1758 = Amusium pleuronectes Taxonomic History (since 1900)
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