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Page last updated
Mon 28 Jul 2025

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.

The MUSSEL Project Database is moving to a new server, with a new URL! The new address for this page will be: https://musselpdb.org/fmuotwaolcb/db.php?ty=validgen&id=346

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Bivalvia | Unionoida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Unionini

genus Schistodesmus Simpson, 1900: valid species
     2 nominal genera as synonyms | Cladomics

Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867)
2 synonyms | 25 specimens
Range: Yangtze and Huang He (Yellow) rivers, China. [East Asia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, ITS1, ND1, mtGenome, mtGenome M-type.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Schistodesmus luqiaoensis Hou & Wu in Hou et al., 2025
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: China. [East Asia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Schistodesmus spinosus (Simpson, 1900)
2 synonyms | 2 specimens
Range: Yangtze River, China. [East Asia]
Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, ND1, mtGenome.
IUCN Red List: Least Concern.
Other web sites: ITIS MolluscaBase.

Schistodesmus tongpenensis Hou & Wu in Hou et al., 2025
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: China. [East Asia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Schistodesmus xinyuensis Hou & Wu in Hou et al., 2025
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: China. [East Asia]
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Schistodesmus trapezoidus B.-Y. Huang, 1981 (fossil)
1 synonym | 0 specimens
Range: China, fossil.
Other web site: MolluscaBase.

Page updated: 08:48:31 Mon 28 Jul 2025

 
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