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 valid species are listed, Recent taxa first.

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Parreysiinae | Coelaturini

genus Prisodontopsis Tomlin, 1928: valid species
     5 nominal genera as synonyms | Cladomics

Prisodontopsis aviculaeformis F.R. Woodward, 1991 3 synonyms | 51 specimens Range: Endemic to Lake Mweru and the Luapula in the Upper Congo, Africa. [Afrotropics] Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, SRA. IUCN Red List: Endangered B1ab(iii). Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Prisodontopsis mweruensis (E.A. Smith, 1908) 4 synonyms | 90 specimens Range: Endemic to the Lake Mweru Basin and the Lower Luapula in the Upper Congo of Africa. [Afrotropics] Genbank sequences: 28S, COI. IUCN Red List: Vulnerable B1ab(iii) (Mweruella mweruensis). Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

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