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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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Mycetopodidae

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Publication Graf & Ó Foighil (2000): summary

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Full Citation

Graf, D.L. & D. Ó Foighil. 2000. The evolution of brooding characters among the freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoidea) of North America. Journal of Molluscan Studies 66: 157-170. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Lasmigona compressa Graf & Ó Foighil, 2000 = Lasmigona costata

‘Lea’ of Authors.
Graf & Ó Foighil, 2000. J. Moll. Studies 66: 160.
Graf & Cummings, 2006. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 148: 348.
Hoeh et al., 2009. Malacologia 51(2): 310.
Jadhav & Jamkhedkar, 2009. Res. J. BioTech. 4(1): 43.
Whelan et al., 2011. MPE 61: 506.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. MPE 106: 177.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Bolotov et al., 2018. Sci. Repts. 8: Table S1.
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S4.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2020. MPE 146: Table 1.
Wu et al., 2021. J. Lake Sci. 33(6): attached Table 1.
Jeratthitikul et al., 2022. Sci. Repts. 12: Table S1.
Wu et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1166: 263, Table 1.
Liu et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1179: Table 1.
Dai et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(2): Table 1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Symphynota compressa Lea, 1829)

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias carinata (Barnes, 1823) = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Anodonta cygnea (Linn., 1758)

Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774)

Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829)

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)

Elliptio dilatata (Raf., 1820) = Eurynia dilatata

Epioblasma brevidens (Lea, 1834)

Epioblasma triquetra (Raf., 1820)

Fusconaia flava (Raf., 1820)

Hyridella depressa (Lamarck, 1819)

Lampsilis cardium Raf., 1820

Lampsilis fasciola Raf., 1820

Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes, 1823)

Lasmigona compressa (Lea, 1829) = Platynaias compressa

Ligumia nasuta (Say, 1817) = Sagittunio nasutus

Ligumia recta (Lam., 1819)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linn., 1758)

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (Lam., 1804)

Pleurobema coccineum (Conrad, 1836) = Pleurobema sintoxia

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Raf., 1820)

Pyganodon fragilis (Lam., 1819)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Quadrula quadrula (Raf., 1820)

Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)

Truncilla truncata Raf., 1820

Unio caffer Krauss, 1848

Unio pictorum (Linn., 1758)

Villosa iris (Lea, 1829) = Cambarunio iris

Villosa vanuxemensis (Lea, 1838) = Leaunio vanuxemensis

 
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