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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!
Bivalvia order VENEROIDA superfamily ARCTICOIDEA R.B. Newton, 1891: 1 Recent species.
synonymy (1
nomen) | 1 family |  superfamily CYRENOIDEA Gray, 1840: 146 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): 5 Recent species.
synonymy (0
nomina) | 1 family | superfamily MACTROIDEA Lamarck, 1809: 6 Recent species.
synonymy (1
nomen) | 1 family
Distribution: East Asia | superfamily VENEROIDEA Rafinesque, 1815: 4 Recent species.
synonymy (0
nomina) | 1 family
Distribution: Afrotropics | |
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