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Thu 17 July 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

subtribe CRISTARIINA Lopes-Lima, Bogan & Froufe in Lopes-Lima et al., 2017
     synonyms (1 nomen) | cladomics

genus Acudonta Wu, Liu & Zhang in Wu et al., 2025: 1 Recent species.
synonymy (1 available nomina) | 1 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Amuranodonta Moskvicheva, 1973: 1 Recent species.
synonymy (2 available nomina) | 1 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Anemina Haas, 1969: 1 Recent species.
synonymy (2 available nomina) | 1 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Beringiana Starobogatov in Zatravkin, 1983: 4 Recent species.
synonymy (3 available nomina) | 4 species
Distribution: North America, East Asia

genus Buldowskia Moskvicheva, 1973: 5 Recent species.
synonymy (1 available nomina) | 5 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Cristaria Schumacher, 1817: 6 Recent species.
synonymy (8 available nomina) | 9 species
Distribution: East Asia, North Eurasia

genus Mimo Xiang, Lu, He & Li, 2025: 2 Recent species.
synonymy (1 available nomina) | 2 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Pletholophus Simpson, 1900: 4 Recent species.
synonymy (1 available nomina) | 4 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Simpsonella Cockerell, 1903: 2 Recent species.
synonymy (2 available nomina) | 2 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Sinanodonta Modell, 1945: 10 Recent species.
synonymy (5 available nomina) | 10 species
Distribution: East Asia, North Eurasia, North America, Central America

 
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