Bivalvia

Classification Summary

This page provides quick links to the Recent suprageneric freshwater bivalve taxa treated in the MUSSEL Project Database. For each taxon, the number of Recent freshwater species provided, as well as links to included genera.

For the freshwater mussels, the classification below updates Table 2 of Graf & Cummings (2021).

Palaeoheterodonta

order UNIONIDA (1011 spp.)

superfamily ETHERIOIDEA (96 spp.)

family ETHERIIDAE (4 spp.) Bartlettia, Etheria, Mulleria, Pseudomulleria

family IRIDINIDAE (39 spp.)

subfamily ASPATHARIINAE (22 spp.) Aspatharia, Chambardia

subfamily IRIDININAE (17 spp.) Chelidonopsis, Mutela, Pleiodon

family MYCETOPODIDAE (53 spp.)

subfamily ANODONTITINAE (27 spp.) Anodontites, Lamproscapha

subfamily LEILINAE (2 spp.) Leila

subfamily MONOCONDYLAEINAE (18 spp.) Diplodontites, Fossula, Haasica, Iheringella, Monocondylaea, Tamsiella

subfamily MYCETOPODINAE (6 spp.) Mycetopoda, Mycetopodella

superfamily HYRIOIDEA (93 spp.)

family HYRIIDAE (93 spp.)

subfamily HYRIINAE (76 spp.) Echyridella

tribe CASTALIINI (17 spp.) Callonaia, Castalia, Castaliella

tribe HYRIDELLINI (9 spp.) Cucumerunio, Hyridella, Virgus

tribe HYRIINI (4 spp.) Prisodon, Triplodon

tribe RHIPIDODONTINI (43 spp.) Diplodon

subfamily VELESUNIONINAE (17 spp.) Alathyria, Lortiella, Microdontia, Velesunio, Westralunio

superfamily UNIONOIDEA (822 spp.)

family MARGARITIFERIDAE (16 spp.)

subfamily GIBBOSULINAE (5 spp.) Gibbosula

subfamily MARGARITIFERINAE (11 spp.) Cumberlandia, Margaritifera, Pseudunio

family UNIONIDAE (806 spp.) Germainaia, Haasodonta

subfamily AMBLEMINAE (308 spp.)

tribe AMBLEMINI (7 spp.) Amblema, Plectomerus, Reginaia

tribe LAMPSILINI (158 spp.) Actinonaias, Arotonaias, Atlanticoncha, Cambarunio, Cyprogenia, Cyrtonaias, Delphinonaias, Disconaias, Dromus, Ellipsaria, Epioblasma, Friersonia, Glebula, Hamiota, Lampsilis, Leaunio, Lemiox, Ligumia, Medionidus, Mesonaias, Obliquaria, Obovaria, Ortmanniana, Pachynaias, Paetulunio, Potamilus, Ptychobranchus, Sagittunio, Toxolasma, Truncilla, Venustaconcha, Villosa

tribe PLEUROBEMINI (81 spp.) Elliptio, Elliptoideus, Eurynia, Fusconaia, Hemistena, Parvaspina, Plethobasus, Pleurobema, Pleuronaia

tribe POPENAIADINI (36 spp.) Micronaias, Nephritica, Nephronaias, Popenaias, Psoronaias, Sphenonaias

tribe QUADRULINI (26 spp.) Megalonaias, Uniomerus

subtribe QUADRULINA (20 spp.) Cyclonaias, Pustulosa, Quadrula, Theliderma

subfamily GONIDEINAE (176 spp.) Caudiculatus, Nannonaia

tribe CHAMBERLAINIINI (6 spp.) Chamberlainia, Sinohyriopsis

tribe GONIDEINI (32 spp.) Cosmopseudodon, Gonidea, Guiunio, Inversidens, Koreosolenaia, Leguminaia, Microcondylaea, Obovalis, Parvasolenaia, Postolata, Pseudodontopsis, Pseudopostolata, Ptychorhynchus, Simpsonasus, Sinosolenaia, Tenuiunio

tribe LAMPROTULINI (22 spp.) Discomya, Lamprotula, Potomida, Pronodularia

tribe PSEUDODONTINI (51 spp.)

subtribe INDOPSEUDODONTINA (5 spp.) Indopseudodon

subtribe PSEUDODONTINA (51 spp.) Bineurus, Isannaia, Lannanaia, Namkongnaia, Nyeinchanconcha, Pilsbryoconcha, Pseudodon, Songkhlanaia, Sundadontina, Thaiconcha

tribe RECTIDENTINI (61 spp.)

subtribe CONTRADENTINA (35 spp.) Lens, Physunio, Pressidens, Solenaia, Trapezoideus, Yaukthwa

subtribe CTENODESMINA (6 spp.) Ctenodesma, Khairuloconcha

subtribe RECTIDENTINA (20 spp.) Ensidens, Hyriopsis, Prohyriopsis, Rectidens

tribe SCHEPMANIINI (2 spp.) Schepmania

subfamily MODELLNAIINAE (1 sp.) Modellnaia

subfamily PARREYSIINAE (108 spp.)

tribe COELATURINI (37 spp.) Brazzaea, Coelatura, Grandidieria, Moncetia, Nitia, Nyassunio, Prisodontopsis, Pseudospatha

tribe INDOCHINELLINI (32 spp.) Harmandia, Indochinella, Indonaia, Pseudoscabies, Radiatula, Scabiellus, Scabies, Unionetta

tribe LAMELLIDENTINI (21 spp.) Arcidopsis, Balwantia, Lamellidens, Trapezidens

tribe LEOPARREYSIINI (9 spp.) Leoparreysia

tribe PARREYSIINI (18 spp.) Assamnaia, Parreysia

subfamily UNIONINAE (227 spp.)

tribe ACUTICOSTINI (2 spp.) Acuticosta

tribe ANODONTINI (98 spp.)

subtribe ALASMIDONTINA (49 spp.) Alasmidonta, Alasminota, Anodontoides, Arcidens, Lasmigona, Ligodonta, Pegias, Platynaias, Prolasmidonta, Pseudodontoideus, Pterosyna, Pyganodon, Simpsonaias, Strophitus, Sulcularia, Utterbackia, Utterbackiana

subtribe ANODONTINA (11 spp.) Anodonta, Brachyanodon, Pseudanodonta

subtribe CRISTARIINA (38 spp.) Acudonta, Amuranodonta, Anemina, Beringiana, Buldowskia, Cristaria, Mimo, Pletholophus, Simpsonella, Sinanodonta

tribe LANCEOLARIINI (15 spp.) Lanceolaria

tribe LEPIDODESMINI (2 spp.) Lepidodesma

tribe UNIONINI (93 spp.)

subtribe ACULAMPROTULINA (9 spp.) Scriptolamprotula

subtribe GLOBUNIONINA (3 spp.) Globunio, Huizhou, Pseudoacuticosta

subtribe MIDDENDORFFINAIINA (1 sp.) Middendorffinaia

subtribe OXYNAIINA (51 spp.) Cuneopsis, Diaurora, Gigaunio, Inversiunio, Nodularia, Protunio, Pseudobaphia, Pseudocuneopsis, Rhombuniopsis, Schistodesmus, Tchangsinaia, Tongchuania

subtribe UNIONINA (227 spp.) Unio

Imparidentia

order ADAPEDONTA (6 spp.)

superfamily SOLENOIDEA (6 spp.)

family PHARIDAE (6 spp.)

subfamily PHARELLINAE (6 spp.) Cenonovaculina, Novaculina, Pharella, Uninovaculina

order CARDIIDA (10 spp.)

superfamily CARDIOIDEA (5 spp.)

family CARDIIDAE (5 spp.) Adacna, Hypanis, Monodacna

superfamily TELLINOIDEA (5 spp.)

family DONACIDAE (5 spp.) Galatea, Iphigenia, Profischeria

order GALEOMMATIDA (1 sp.)

superfamily GALEOMMATOIDEA (1 sp.)

family LASAEIDAE (1 sp.) Arthritica

order MYIDA (23 spp.)

superfamily DREISSENOIDEA (18 spp.)

family DREISSENIDAE (18 spp.) Congeria, Dreissena, Mytilopsis, Rheodreissena

superfamily MYOIDEA (3 spp.)

family CORBULIDAE (3 spp.) Anticorbula

subfamily ERODONINAE (2 spp.) Lentidium

superfamily PHOLADOIDEA (2 spp.)

family PHOLADIDAE (1 sp.) Lignopholas

family TEREDINIDAE (1 sp.) Lithoredo

order SPHAERIIDA (277 spp.)

superfamily SPHAERIOIDEA (277 spp.)

family SPHAERIIDAE (277 spp.)

subfamily EUPERINAE (34 spp.) Byssanodonta, Eupera

subfamily SPHAERIINAE (243 spp.) Conventus, Euglesa, Hindupisidium, Odhneripisidium, Pisidium, Sphaerium

order VENERIDA (102 spp.)

superfamily CYRENOIDEA (101 spp.)

family CYRENIDAE (91 spp.) Batissa, Corbicula, Villorita

family CYRENOIDIDAE (10 spp.) Cyanocyclas, Geloina, Polymesoda

superfamily MACTROIDEA (1 sp.)

family MACTRIDAE (1 sp.) Tanysiphon

Pteriomorphia

order ARCIDA (5 spp.)

superfamily ARCOIDEA (5 spp.)

family ARCIDAE (5 spp.) Scaphula

order MYTILIDA (9 spp.)

superfamily MYTILOIDEA (9 spp.)

family MYTILIDAE (9 spp.) Arcuatula, Limnoperna, Sinomytilus