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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 order VENERIDA superfamily ARCTICOIDEA R.B. Newton, 1891: 4 Recent species.
synonymy (2
nomina) | 2 families
Distribution: Australasia | superfamily CHAMOIDEA Lamarck, 1809: 6 Recent species.
synonymy (3
nomina) | 1 family |  superfamily CYRENOIDEA Gray, 1840: 150 Recent species.
synonymy (4
nomina) | 3 families
Distribution: East Asia, Australasia, Afrotropics, South America, North Eurasia, North America, Central America
| superfamily GLOSSOIDEA Gray, 1847 (1840): 13 Recent species.
synonymy (1
nomen) | 2 families | superfamily HEMIDONACOIDEA Scarlato & Starobogatov in Nevesskaja et al., 1971: 6 Recent species.
synonymy (1
nomen) | 1 family | superfamily MACTROIDEA Lamarck, 1809: 19 Recent species.
synonymy (3
nomina) | 2 families
Distribution: East Asia | superfamily UNGULINOIDEA Gray, 1854: 5 Recent species.
synonymy (2
nomina) | 1 family | superfamily VENEROIDEA Rafinesque, 1815: 53 Recent species.
synonymy (1
nomen) | 1 family
Distribution: Afrotropics | |
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