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	all genera Unionidae Margaritiferidae Hyriidae Etheriidae Mycetopodidae Iridinidae Species & Genus Richness by Taxonomy


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	Summary North America Central America South America Afrotropics North Eurasia East Asia Australasia Species Richness & Endemism by Geography

Page last updated
Wed 06 Nov 2024

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!

This page summarizes the current data on the richness and endemism of species in each biogeographical region and subregion, as well as by family.

These data update Table 4 of Graf & Cummings (2021).

Numbers within parentheses indicate the richness of endemic species in each subregion. Family abbreviations: UN, Unionidae; MA, Margaritiferidae; HY, Hyriidae; ET, Etheriidae; MY, Mycetopodidae; IR, Iridinidae.

For a more detailed summary of species and genus richness by taxonomy, see Updated Table 3: Richness of species and genera arranged by taxonomy and region.

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Updated Table 4: Species richness and subregional endemism by geography and family.

Region	Unionoida	UN	MA	HY	ET	MY	IR
global	1015	811	15	93	4	53	39
North America	307	302	5	—	—	—	—
NA1	13 (0)	13 (0)	—	—	—	—	—
NA2	150 (95)	148 (94)	2 (1)	—	—	—	—
NA3	64 (36)	63 (36)	1 (0)	—	—	—	—
NA4	157 (105)	155 (103)	2 (2)	—	—	—	—
NA5	7 (5)	6 (5)	1 (0)	—	—	—	—
Central America	96	89	—	—	—	7	—
CA1	96 (89)	89 (85)	—	—	—	7 (4)	—
South America	115	—	—	64	2	49	—
SA1	13 (5)	—	—	1 (1)	1 (1)	11 (3)	—
SA2	33 (18)	—	—	15 (9)	—	18 (9)	—
SA3	37 (12)	—	—	14 (5)	1 (0)	22 (7)	—
SA4	17 (4)	—	—	8 (2)	—	9 (2)	—
SA5	63 (42)	—	—	39 (32)	1 (0)	23 (10)	—
SA6	3 (2)	—	—	2 (2)	—	1 (0)	—
Afrotropics	81	41	—	—	1	—	39
AF1	26 (16)	13 (11)	—	—	1 (0)	—	12 (5)
AF2	18 (8)	4 (2)	—	—	1 (0)	—	13 (6)
AF3	36 (29)	19 (19)	—	—	1 (0)	—	16 (10)
AF4	16 (11)	5 (4)	—	—	1 (0)	—	10 (7)
AF5	6 (1)	2 (1)	—	—	1 (0)	—	3 (0)
AF6	2 (1)	1 (1)	—	—	1 (0)	—	—
North Eurasia	47	43	4	—	—	—	—
EU1	35 (27)	32 (25)	3 (2)	—	—	—	—
EU2	16 (11)	15 (10)	1 (1)	—	—	—	—
EU3	3 (0)	3 (0)	—	—	—	—	—
East Asia	356	348	7	—	1	—	—
AS1	3 (0)	2 (0)	1 (0)	—	—	—	—
AS2	30 (16)	29 (15)	1 (1)	—	—	—	—
AS3	28 (19)	26 (18)	2 (1)	—	—	—	—
AS4	85 (60)	83 (58)	2 (2)	—	—	—	—
AS5	145 (122)	143 (120)	2 (2)	—	—	—	—
AS6	31 (24)	31 (24)	—	—	—	—	—
AS7	81 (77)	80 (76)	—	—	1 (1)	—	—
Australasia	31	2	—	29	—	—	—
AU1	14 (11)	—	—	14 (11)	—	—	—
AU2	7 (5)	—	—	7 (5)	—	—	—
AU3	11 (9)	2 (2)	—	9 (7)	—	—	—
AU4	3 (3)	—	—	3 (3)	—	—	—

Page updated: 08:33:05 Wed 06 Nov 2024

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