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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 | Hyrioidea | Hyriidae | Hyriinae | Hyriini

genus Prisodon Schumacher, 1817: species
     5 available nominal genus synonyms (11 total synonyms) | cladomics

Prisodon obliquus Schumacher, 1817
syonymy (10 available, 13 total) | specimens (156)
Range: Amazon Basin in Brazil and Peru, north to Venezuela and the Guayanas. (South America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, mtGenome
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
other links: MolluscaBase

Prisodon syrmatophorus (Gmelin, 1791)
syonymy (6 available, 14 total) | specimens (207)
Range: Northeastern South America, from the Orinoco and Guyana to the lower Amazon. (South America)
Genbank sequences: 16S, 18S, COI, ITS1
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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