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

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Bivalvia | Mytilida | Mytiloidea

family MYTILIDAE Rafinesque, 1815: syonymy
     15 genera

MYTILIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
Rafinesque, 1815. Analyse Nat.: ??.
Type genus: Mytilus Linnaeus, 1758 = Mytilus

MUSCULIDAE Iredale, 1939
Iredale, 1939. Sci. Rept. Gr. Barrier Reef Exp. 1928-1929 5(6): 230.
Type genus: Musculus Röding, 1798 = Musculus

ARCUATULIDAE Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979
Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979. Trudy Zool. Inst. 80: ??.
Type genus: Arcuatula Lamy, 1919 = Arcuatula

SEPTIFERIDAE Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979
Scarlato & Starobogatov, 1979. Trudy Zool. Inst. 80: ??.
Type genus: Septifer Récluz, 1848 = Septifer

JOLIDAE Bourguignat, 1880
Bourguignat, 1880. Mater. Moll. Acécphales Syst. Europ. 1: 5.
Type genus: Jolya Bourguignat, 1876 = Jolya

BRACHIDONTIDAE of Authors, unknown year
Type genus: Brachidontes Swainson, 1840 = Brachidontes
 
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