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!

Publication Moorkens et al. (2026): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Moorkens, E.A., I.J. Killeen, B.M. Larsen, J.H. Mageroy, P. Ondina et al. 2026. Synopsis of the European freshwater mussels: Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758), the freshwater pearl mussel. Hydrobiologia: 1-52. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Margaritifera elongata (Martinson, 1982)

Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)

Margaritifera glabra (Kolesnikov, 1956)

Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad, 1838)

Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
+ Unio elongata Lamarck, 1819
+ Alasmodonta arcuata Barnes, 1823
+ Unio roissyi Michaud, 1831
+ Margaritana margaritifera parvula Haas, 1908
+ Margaritana margaritifera var. siluriana Bloomer, 1927
+ Margaritana durrovensis Phillips, 1928

Margaritifera marrianae (Johnson, 1983)

Margaritifera sainshandensis (Martinson, 1982)