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

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Bivalvia | Myida | Myoidea

family MYIDAE Lamarck, 1809: syonymy
     2 genera

MYIDAE Lamarck, 1809
Lamarck, 1809. Philosophie zoologique 1: ??.
Type genus: Mya Linnaeus, 1758 = Mya

SOLEMYIDAE Gray, 1840
Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 136, 150.
Type genus: Solemya Lamarck, 1818 = Solemya

PHOLADOMYIDAE King, 1844
King, 1844. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 14: ??.
Type genus: Pholadomya Sowerby, 1823 = Pholadomya

POROMYIDAE Dall, 1886
Dall, 1886. Bull. MCZ 12(6): 195, 1280.
Type genus: Poromya Forbes, 1844 = Poromya

DIMYIDAE Fischer, 1886
Fischer, 1886. Manuel Conchyl. (10): 936.
Type genus: Dimya Rouault, 1850 = Dimya

 
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