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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae

subfamily UNIONINAE Rafinesque, 1820
     synonyms (23 nomina) | cladomics

tribe ACUTICOSTINI Starobogatov, 1967: 5 Recent species.
synonymy (1 nomen) | 1 genus
Distribution: East Asia

tribe ANODONTINI Rafinesque, 1820: 95 Recent species.
synonymy (8 nomina) | 3 subtribes, 1 genus
Distribution: East Asia, North America, North Eurasia, Central America

tribe LANCEOLARIINI Froufe, Lopes-Lima, & Bogan in Lopes-Lima et al., 2017: 13 Recent species.
synonymy (1 nomen) | 1 genus
Distribution: East Asia

tribe LEPIDODESMINI Huang & Wu in Huang et al. 2019: 2 Recent species.
synonymy (1 nomen) | 1 genus
Distribution: East Asia

tribe UNIONINI Rafinesque, 1820: 84 Recent species.
synonymy (8 nomina) | 14 genera
Distribution: East Asia, Afrotropics, North Eurasia

 
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