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

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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini

subtribe UNIONINA Rafinesque, 1820: syonymy
     1 genus

UNIONINA Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 290 [as ‘Uniodia, Les Uniodés’].
Fleming, 1828. Hist. Brit. Anim.: 408, 415.
Type genus: Unio Retzius, 1788 = Unio

ANODONTINA Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 316 [as ‘Anodontidia, Les Anodontides’].
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 286, 381.
Ortmann, 1910. Nautilus 23: 117.
Type genus: Anodonta Lamarck, 1799 = Anodonta

ALASMIDONTINA Rafinesque, 1820
Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 317 [as ‘Alasmidia. Les Alasmides’].
Deshayes, 1830. Enc. Méth. 2 (Première partie): 13 [as ‘Alasmides’].
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 268, 381 [as ‘Alasmodontinæ’].
Frierson, 1927. Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 8-9, 18.
(correct name for Alasmodontidae Swainson, 1840)
Type genus: Alasmidonta Say, 1818 = Alasmidonta

ALASMODONTINA Swainson, 1840
Swainson, 1840. Treat. Malacol.: 264, 268, 275, 287-288, 290, 381.
(name corrected to Alasmidontidae Rafinesque, 1820)
Type genus: Alasmodon Thompson, 1820 = Alasmidonta

VELESUNIINA Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 58, 76.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 189.
(name corrected to Velesunionidae Iredale, 1934)
Type genus: Velesunio Iredale, 1934 = Velesunio

VELESUNIONINA Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 58, 76 [as ‘Velesunionae’].
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 178.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 189 [as ‘Velesunionae’].
(correct name for Velesuniodae Iredale, 1934)
Type genus: Velesunio Iredale, 1934 = Velesunio

LORTIELLINA Iredale, 1934
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 58, 77.
Iredale, 1934. Austral. Zool. 8: 58, 77.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 190.
Type genus: Lortiella Modell, 1942 = Lortiella

CAFFERIINA Modell, 1942
Modell, 1942. Arch. Moll. 74(5/6): 188.
Type genus: Cafferia Simpson, 1900 = Unio

CUNEOPSINA Mongin, 1963
Mongin, 1963. Mém. Soc. Géol. France 96: 19 [unavailable, introduced conditionally].
Type genus: Cuneopsis Simpson, 1900 = Cuneopsis

ACUTICOSTINA Starobogatov, 1967
Starobogatov, 1967. Trudy 3rd Sess. Vses. Paleont. Obshch. 9: 178.
Type genus: Acuticosta Simpson, 1900 = Acuticosta

OXYNAIINA Starobogatov, 1970
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 65, 284.
Type genus: Oxynaia Haas, 1911 = Nodularia

STROPHITINA Starobogatov, 1970
Starobogatov, 1970. Fauna Moll. Continent.: 69, 287.
Gordon, 1980. Proc. Ark. Acad. Sci. 34: 58.
Gordon, 1985. Nautilus 99: 8.
Type genus: Strophitus Rafinesque, 1820 = Strophitus

PSEUDANODONTINA Stadnichenko, 1984
‘Jaeckel’ Stadnichenko, 1984. Fauna Ukrayiny 29: 112.
Type genus: Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1876 = Pseudanodonta

AMERICUNIONINA Guo, 1986
Guo, 1986. Yunnan Geol. 5(4): 342, 347.
Type genus: Americunio Guo, 1986 = Americunio

NODULARIINA Bogatov & Zatravkin, 1988
‘Starobogatov & Zatravkin’ Bogatov & Zatravkin, 1988. Trudy Zool. Inst. 187: 25.
Type genus: Nodularia Conrad, 1853 = Nodularia

CRISTARIINA Lopes-Lima et al., 2017
Lopes-Lima, Bogan & Froufe in Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. MPE 106: 180.
Type genus: Cristaria Schumacher, 1817 = Cristaria

LANCEOLARIINA Lopes-Lima et al., 2017
Froufe, Lopes-Lima, & Bogan in Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. MPE 106: 181.
Type genus: Lanceolaria Conrad, 1853 = Lanceolaria

ACULAMPROTULINA Huang et al., 2019
Huang & Wu in Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: 57.
Type genus: Aculamprotula Wu et al., 1999 = Scriptolamprotula

LEPIDODESMINA Huang et al., 2019
Huang & Wu in Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: 57.
Type genus: Lepidodesma Simpson, 1896 = Lepidodesma

MIDDENDORFFINAIINA Lopes-Lima et al., 2020
Lopes-Lima, Bolotov & Bogan in Lopes-Lima et al., 2020. MPE 146: [23].
Type genus: Middendorffinaia Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973 = Middendorffinaia

GLOBUNIONINA Dai et al., 2025
Dai, Chen, Huang & Wu in Dai et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(2): 785.
Type genus: Globunio Dai et al., 2025 = Globunio

ANADONTINA Zatravkin, 1983
‘Rafinesque’ Zatravkin, 1983. [in] I.M. Likharev, Molluscs: 41.
(error for Anodontidae Rafinesque, 1820)
Type genus: Anodonta Lamarck, 1799 = Anodonta

BRACHYANODONTINA Starobogatov et al., 2004
Starobogatov et al., 2004. Key Freshw. Invert. Russia 6 (molluscs, polychaetes, nemerteans): 30.
Type genus: Brachyanodon Fischer & Crosse, 1894 = Brachyanodon

 
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