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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 | Myoida | Dreissenoidea family DREISSENIDAE Gray, 1840
synonyms (4 nomina) | cladomics genus Congeria Partsch, 1835: 3 Recent species.
synonymy (4 available
nomina) | 5 species
Distribution: North Eurasia |  genus Dreissena Van Beneden, 1835: 12 Recent species.
synonymy (7 available
nomina) | 13 species
Distribution: North Eurasia, North America
|  genus Mytilopsis Conrad, 1857: 5 Recent species.
synonymy (3 available
nomina) | 8 species
Distribution: Central America, East Asia, Afrotropics, North America, North Eurasia, South America
|  genus Rheodreissena Geda, Lujan, Perkins, Abernethy, Sabaj & Gangloff, 2018: 4 Recent species.
synonymy (1 available
nomina) | 4 species
Distribution: South America
| | genus Dreissenomya Fuchs, 1870: fossil only.
synonymy (1 available
nomina) | 1 species
Distribution: North Eurasia | genus Prodreissensia Rovereto, 1898: fossil only.
synonymy (1 available
nomina) | 2 species
Distribution: North Eurasia | genus Sinucongeria Loerenthey, 1894: fossil only.
synonymy (1 available
nomina) | 1 species
Distribution: North Eurasia |
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