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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!

For each valid genus, the nominal generic synonyms are listed. The taxonomic history (since 1900) at the bottom of the page lists the genera to which all of the currently included species have been classified.

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genus Delphinonaias Crosse & Fischer, 1894: nominal genera
     3 valid species

Delphinonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 555.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio delphinulus Morelet, 1849 (monotypy) = Delphinonaias largillierti

Phyllonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894
Fischer & Crosse, 1894, Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. Zool. 2(15): 555.
(intro'd as sub-gen. of Unio Retzius, 1788)
Type species: Unio paludosus Morelet, 1849 (orig. desig.) = Delphinonaias largillierti

Delphinonais Frierson, 1927
‘Crosse & Fischer’ Frierson, 1927, Check List N. Amer. Naiades: 84.
(error for Delphinonaias Fischer & Crosse, 1894)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Lampsilis (Proptera)Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Unio (Metaptera)Martens (1900)
Lampsilis (Delphinonaias)Frierson (1927), Haas (1929), Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
Frierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lampsilis (sec. Phyllonaias)Thiele (1934)
Lampsilis (sec. Delphinonaias)Thiele (1934)
LeptodeaGoodrich & van der Schalie (1937)
Lampsilis (Phyllonaias)Haas (1969), Haas (1969)
DelphinonaiasGraf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Zieritz et al. (2013), Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023)
PotamilusGraf & Cummings (2007)

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