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{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}
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| image = Arcidens confragosus.JPG
| image_caption = A live individual of ''[[Arcidens confragosus]]''
| taxon = Arcidens
| authority = (Simpson, 1900)<ref name=musselp>{{cite web |url=https://mussel-project.uwsp.edu/fmuotwaolcb/validgen_287.html |title=genus Arcidens Simpson, 1900: valid species |work=MUSSELpdb |publisher=The Mussel Project |access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref>
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'''''Arcidens''''' is a [[genus]] of [[freshwater mussel]]s, [[Aquatic animal|aquatic]] [[bivalve]] [[mollusc]]s in the family [[Unionidae]], the river mussels.<ref name=musselp/><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Inoue |first=Kentaro |last2=McQueen |first2=Alyssa L. |last3=Harris |first3=John |last4=Berg |first4=David |date=July 2014 |title=Molecular phylogenetics and morphological variation reveal recent speciation in freshwater mussels of the genera Arcidens and Arkansia (Bivalvia: Unionidae) |journal=Biological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=112 |issue=3 |pages=535–545 |doi=10.1111/bij.12282|doi-access=free }}</ref>
==Species==
Species within the genus ''Arcidens'' include:<ref name=musselp/>
* ''[[Arcidens confragosus]]''
* ''[[Arcidens wheeleri]]''
==References==
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[[Category:Unionidae]]
[[Category:Bivalve genera]]
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