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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!
Bivalvia | Unionoida | Etherioidea | Iridinidae | Iridininae genus Pleiodon Conrad, 1834: species
3 available nominal genus synonyms (4 total synonyms) | cladomics  Pleiodon ovatus (Swainson, 1823)
syonymy (12 available, 19 total) | specimens (102)
Range: Senegal, western Africa. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Mutela ovata), Critically Endangered A2c
other links: MolluscaBase
|  Pleiodon spekii (Woodward, 1859)
syonymy (27 available, 38 total) | specimens (161)
Range: Endemic to Lake Tanganyika, Africa. (Afrotropics)
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase
| Pleiodon lanceolatum Kat, 1987 (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Miocene, Africa.
other links: MolluscaBase | Pleiodon moharensis (Gautier, 1965) (Tertiary)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Miocene, Africa. | Pleiodon priscus Ihering, 1912 (fossil)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0) | Pleiodon rusingae Kat, 1987 (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Miocene, Africa.
other links: MolluscaBase | Pleiodon tavernieri (Gautier, 1965) (Tertiary)
syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)
Range: Miocene, Africa.
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