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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae

tribe LAMPSILINI Ihering, 1901: syonymy
     31 genera

LAMPSILINI Ihering, 1901
Ihering, 1901. Nautilus 15(4): 53.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23: 118.
Ortmann, 1912. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 8: 224.
Type genus: Lampsilis Rafinesque, 1820 = Lampsilis

PROPTERINI Hannibal, 1912
Hannibal, 1912. Proc. Malac. Soc. London 10(2): 119.
Type genus: Proptera Rafinesque, 1819 = Potamilus

CYPROGENIINI Starobogatov, 1970
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 70, 287.
Type genus: Cyprogenia Agassiz, 1852 = Cyprogenia

DROMINI Starobogatov, 1970
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 70, 287.
Type genus: Dromus Simpson, 1900 = Dromus

FRIERSONIINI Starobogatov, 1970
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 70, 287.
Type genus: Friersonia Ortmann, 1912 = Friersonia

GLEBULINI Starobogatov, 1970
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 70, 287.
Type genus: Glebula Conrad, 1853 = Glebula

MEDIONIDINI Starobogatov, 1970
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 70, 287.
Type genus: Medionidus Simpson, 1900 = Medionidus

PILAEINI Starobogatov, 1970
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 70, 287.
(name corrected to Pileidae Starobogatov, 1970)
Type genus: Pilea Simpson, 1900 = Epioblasma

PTYCHOBRANCHINI Starobogatov, 1970
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 70, 287.
Type genus: Ptychobranchus Simpson, 1900 = Ptychobranchus

PILEINI Starobogatov, 1970
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 70, 287 [as ‘Pilaeini’].
(correct name for Pilaeidae Starobogatov, 1970)
Type genus: Pilea Simpson, 1900 = Epioblasma

 
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