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Subfamily of freshwater mussels From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Unioninae is a subfamily of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae. This superfamily has a wide distribution, being found throughout Eurasia, North America (including Central America) and Africa.[1]
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The following classification is based on MolluscaBase and the MUSSEL Project database:[1][2]
- Tribe Anodontini Rafinesque, 1820
- Genus Alasmidonta Say, 1818
 - Genus Anodonta Lamarck, 1799
 - Genus Anodontoides C. T. Simpson, 1898
 - Genus Arcidens C. T. Simpson, 1900
 - Genus †Cyclanodonta Starobogatov, 1970
 - Genus Lasmigona Rafinesque, 1831
 - Genus †Modelliella Starobogatov, 1970
 - Genus Pegias C. T. Simpson, 1900
 - Genus Pseudanodonta Bourguignat, 1877
 - Genus Pseudodontoideus Frierson, 1927
 - Genus Pyganodon Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894
 - Genus †Sichuanoconcha X.-Z. Liu, 1984
 - Genus Simpsonaias Frierson, 1914
 - Genus Simpsonella Cockerell, 1903
 - Genus Strophitus Rafinesque, 1820
 - Genus Utterbackia F. C. Baker, 1927
 - Genus Utterbackiana Frierson, 1927
 
 - Tribe Cristariini Lopes-Lima, Bogan & Froufe, 2017
- Genus Amuranodonta Moskvicheva, 1973
 - Genus Anemina F. Haas, 1969
 - Genus Beringiana Starobogatov in Zatravkin, 1983
 - Genus Buldowskia Moskvicheva, 1973
 - Genus Cristaria Schumacher, 1817
 - Genus Pletholophus C. T. Simpson, 1900
 - Genus Sinanodonta Modell, 1945
 
 - Tribe Lanceolariini Froufe, Lopes-Lima & Bogan, 2017
- Genus Lanceolaria Conrad, 1853
 
 - Tribe Lepidodesmini Huang & Wu in Huang et al. 2019
- Genus Lepidodesma C. T. Simpson, 1896
 
 - Tribe Middendorffinaiini Lopes-Lima, Bolotov & Bogan, 2020
- Genus Middendorffinaia Moskvicheva & Starobogatov, 1973
 
 - Tribe Nodulariini Starobogatov & Zatravkin, 1987
- Genus Cuneopsis C. T. Simpson, 1900
 - Genus Inversiunio Habe, 1991
 - Genus Nodularia Conrad, 1853
 - Genus Pseudocuneopsis X. Huang, Y. Dai, Z. Chen & X. Wu, 2022
 - Genus Schistodesmus C. T. Simpson, 1900
 - Genus Tchangsinaia Starobogatov, 1970
 
 - Tribe Unionini Rafinesque, 1820
- Genus Aculamprotula X.-P. Wu, Y.-L. Liang, H.-Z. Wang & S. Ouyang, 1999
 - Genus Acuticosta C. T. Simpson, 1900
 - Genus †Betekeia Starobogatov, 1970
 - Genus Diaurora Cockerell, 1903
 - Genus †Heterunio Lindholm, 1932
 - Genus †Modellinaia Starobogatov, 1970
 - Genus †Palindonaia Modell, 1950
 - Genus †Pristinunio Starobogatov, 1970
 - Genus Protunio P. Haas, 1913
 - Genus Pseudobaphia C. T. Simpson, 1900
 - Genus Rhombuniopsis F. Haas, 1920
 - Genus †Rumanunio Starobogatov, 1970
 - Genus †Sculptunio Lindholm, 1932
 - Genus †Sibirunio Starobogatov, 1970
 - Genus †Tuberunio Lindholm, 1932
 - Genus Unio Philipsson, 1788
 
 
The MUSSEL Project database and ITIS instead only divide the subfamily into five tribes, with Anodontini having three subtribes.[2][3]
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