MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Unionidae Rafinesque, 1820

ERMS taxon details

Unionidae Rafinesque, 1820

AphiaID

160333 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160333)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Unionoidea Rafinesque, 1820

Original name

Unioninae Rafinesque, 1820

Direct children (6)

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Subfamily Unioninae Rafinesque, 1820
1. Tribe Anodontini Rafinesque, 1820
  1. Genus Anodonta Lamarck, 1799
2. Tribe Unionini Rafinesque, 1820
  1. Genus Unio Philipsson, 1788
Subfamily Anodontinae Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Anodontini Rafinesque, 1820 (unaccepted > superseded rank)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Unioninae Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques. 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 290; note: Original spelling Uniodia. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Unionidae Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160333 on 2026-04-29

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Unionidae Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160333 on 2026-04-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-31 07:42:56Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2011-05-05 21:00:09Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2011-10-10 14:33:54Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2012-01-04 17:55:52Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-10-12 14:39:58Z

changed

Schneider, Simon

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original description (of Unioninae Rafinesque, 1820) Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Monographie des coquilles bivalves et fluviatiles de la Rivière Ohio, contenant douze genres et soixante-huit espéces. Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques. 5(5): 287-322, pls 80-82., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k991081/f2.image
page(s): 290; note: Original spelling Uniodia. [details]

taxonomy source Pfeiffer, J. M.; Breinholt, J. W.; Page, L. M. (2019). Unioverse: A phylogenomic resource for reconstructing the evolution of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionoida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 137: 114-126., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.016 [details]

additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia. 52(2): 1-184. [details]

additional source Clench, W. J. & Turner, R. D. (1956). Freshwater mollusks of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida from the Escambia to the Suwannee River. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences. 1(3): 97-239, pls. 1-9., available online at https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/03/Vol-1-No-3.pdf
page(s): 150 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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