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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 | Sphaerioida | Sphaerioidea | Sphaeriidae subfamily SPHAERIINAE Deshayes,  (1820): nominal family-group taxa      7 genera 
  CYCLADINAE Rafinesque, 1820
     Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5 (13): 318 [as ‘Cycladia’].
 Type genus: Cyclas Lamarck, 1799 = Sphaerium    |  SPHAERIINAE Deshayes, 1854
     Deshayes, 1854, Cat. Bivalves Brit. Mus. part 1: 261.
     Jeffreys, 1862, Br. Conchol. 1: 1.
 Type genus: Sphaerium Scopoli, 1777 = Sphaerium    |  PISIDIINAE Turton, 1857
     Gray in Turton, 1857, Man. Land Fresh-Water Shells Brit. Is.: 263 [as ‘Pisidiadae’].
 Type genus: Pisidium Pfeiffer, 1821 = Pisidium    |  CORNEOCYCLADINAE Hannibal, 1912
     Hannibal, 1912, Proc. Malac. Soc. London 10(2): ??.
 Type genus: Corneocyclas Blainville, 1818 = Sphaerium    |  SPHAERIASTRINAE Alimov & Starobogatov, 1968
     Alimov & Starobogatov, 1968, Moll. & Role in Ecosyst.: ??.
 Type genus: Sphaeriastrum Bourguignat, 1854 = Sphaerium    |  EUGLESINAE Pirogov & Starobogatov, 1974
     Pirogov & Starobogatov, 1974, Zool. Zhur. 53(3): 327.
 Type genus: Euglesa Jenyns, 1832 = Euglesa    |  MUSCULIINAE Stadnichenko, 1984
     Starobogatov in Stadnichenko, 1984, Fauna Ukrayiny 29: 155.
 Type genus: Musculium Link, 1807 = Sphaerium    |  LACUSTRININAE Korniushin, 1989
     Korniushin, 1989, Zool. Zhur. 68(11): 22.
 Type genus: Lacustrina Sterki, 1916 = Pisidium    |  NEOPISIDIINAE Korniushin, 1989
     Korniushin, 1989, Zool. Zhur. 68(11): 22.
 Type genus: Neopisidium Odhner, 1921 = Odhneripisidium  |   
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