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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae

tribe UNIONINI Rafinesque, 1820
     synonyms (8 nomina) | cladomics

subtribe ACULAMPROTULINA Huang & Wu in Huang et al., 2019: 9 Recent species.
synonymy (1 nomen) | 1 genus
Distribution: East Asia

subtribe GLOBUNIONINA Dai, Chen, Huang & Wu in Dai et al., 2025: 2 Recent species.
synonymy (1 nomen) | 2 genera
Distribution: East Asia

subtribe MIDDENDORFFINAIINA Lopes-Lima, Bolotov & Bogan in Lopes-Lima et al., 2020: 1 Recent species.
synonymy (1 nomen) | 1 genus
Distribution: East Asia

subtribe OXYNAIINA Starobogatov, 1970: 51 Recent species.
synonymy (3 nomina) | 12 genera
Distribution: East Asia

subtribe UNIONINA Rafinesque, 1820: 228 Recent species.
synonymy (23 nomina) | 1 genus
Distribution: East Asia, North America, Australasia, North Eurasia, Central America, Afrotropics

 
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