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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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family CORBULIDAE Lamarck, 1818: syonymy
     6 genera, 1 subfamily

CORBULIDAE Lamarck, 1818
Lamarck, 1818. Hist. Natur. Anim. sans Vert. 5: 423, 466, 493 [as 'Les Corbulées'].
Type genus: Corbula Bruguière, 1797 = Corbula

ERODONIDAE Winckworth, 1932
Winckworth, 1932. unknown publication: ??.
Type genus: Erodona Bosc, 1801 = Erodona

LENTIDIIDAE Vokes, 1945
Vokes, 1945. unknown publication: ??.
Type genus: Lentidium Cristofori & Jan, 1832 = Lentidium

POTAMOCORBULIDAE Habe, 1977
Habe, 1977. Mollusc. Japan: 282.
Type genus: Potamocorbula Habe, 1955 = Potamocorbula

ANTICORBULIDAE Huber, 2010
Huber, 2010. Compendium of Bivalves: 463.
Type genus: Anticorbula Dall, 1898 = Anticorbula

CARYOCORBULIDAE of Authors, unknown year
Type genus: Caryocorbula Gardner, 1926 = Caryocorbula
 
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