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

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family PHARIDAE H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856: syonymy
     4 subfamilies

PHARIDAE Adams & Adams, 1856
Adams & Adams, 1856. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2: 342.
Type genus: Pharus Gray, 1840 = Pharus

SILIQUIDAE Bronn, 1862
Bronn, 1862. Klass. Ord., Weichthiere 3: ??.
Type genus: Siliqua Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 = Siliqua

PHARELLIDAE Stoliczka, 1870
Stoliczka, 1870. Palaeo. Indica 3(1-4): 8b, 96.
Type genus: Pharella Gray, 1854 = Pharella

NOVACULINIDAE Ghosh, 1920
Ghosh, 1920. Rec. Ind. Mus. 19: 64.
Type genus: Novaculina Benson, 1830 = Novaculina

CULTELLIDAE Davies, 1935
Davies, 1935. Tertiary Faunas 1: 145.
Type genus: Cultellus Schumacher, 1817 = Cultellus

ACTINODONTOPHORIDAE Newell, 1969
Newell, 1969. unknown publication: ??.
Type genus: Actinodontophora Ichikawa, 1952 = Actinodontophora
 
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