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

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae

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

genus Aculamprotula Wu, Liang, Wang & Ouyang, 1999: 9 Recent species.
synonymy (2 available nomina) | 9 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Cuneopsis Simpson, 1900: 7 Recent species.
synonymy (2 available nomina) | 10 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Diaurora Cockerell, 1903: 2 Recent species.
synonymy (2 available nomina) | 2 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Globunio Dai, Chen, Huang & Wu, 2025: 1 Recent species.
synonymy (1 available nomina) | 1 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Inversiunio Habe, 1991: 4 Recent species.
synonymy (1 available nomina) | 4 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Middendorffinaia Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973: 1 Recent species.
synonymy (4 available nomina) | 1 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Nodularia Conrad, 1853: 14 Recent species.
synonymy (5 available nomina) | 15 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Protunio Haas, 1912: 1 Recent species.
synonymy (1 available nomina) | 1 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Pseudobaphia Simpson, 1900: 3 Recent species.
synonymy (2 available nomina) | 4 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Pseudocuneopsis Huang, Dai, Chen & Wu et al., 2022: 5 Recent species.
synonymy (1 available nomina) | 5 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Rhombuniopsis Haas, 1920: 5 Recent species.
synonymy (1 available nomina) | 5 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Schistodesmus Simpson, 1900: 2 Recent species.
synonymy (1 available nomina) | 3 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Tchangsinaia Starobogatov, 1970: 1 Recent species.
synonymy (2 available nomina) | 1 species
Distribution: East Asia

genus Unio Philipsson in Retzius, 1788: 29 Recent species.
synonymy (82 available nomina) | 45 species
Distribution: Afrotropics, North Eurasia, East Asia

 
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