Page last updated
Thu 3 September 2025

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!

Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina

genus Utterbackia F.C. Baker, 1927: synonymy
     3 Recent valid species (3 total species)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Anodonta — Simpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1910), Ortmann (1912), ... Howells et al. (1996), Rosenberg et al. (1997), Adamkewicz et al. (1997), Contreras-Arquieta (2000), ITIS (2012)
Anodonta (s.s.) — Martens (1900)
Unio (Anodonta) — Call (1900)
Lastena — Utterback (1915)
Anodonta (Lastena) — Frierson (1927), Haas (1930), Haas (1969)
Utterbackia — F.C. Baker (1927), F.C. Baker (1928), Hoeh (1990), Cummings & Mayer (1992), Williams et al. (1993), ... Chen et al. (2025), FMCS (2025), Cummings et al. (2025), Hou et al. (2025), Wang et al. (2025)
Anodonta (Utterbackia) — R.I. Johnson (1970), R.I. Johnson (1972), Heard (1975), Kat (1983), R.I. Johnson (1999)
U. — Marshall et al. (2018)