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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Hoeh et al. (2002): summary
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Complete Citation

Hoeh, W.R., A.E. Bogan, K.S. Cummings & S.I. Guttman. 2002. Evolutionary relationships among the higher taxa of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida): inferences on phylogeny and character evolution from analyses of DNA sequence data. Malacological Review 31/32(2): 123-141. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodontites guanarensis Marshall, 1927

Anodontites trigonus (Spix, 1827) = Anodontites trigona

Castalia stevensi (H.B. Baker, 1930)

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)

Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829)

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838)

Diplodon deceptus Simpson, 1914 = Diplodon gratus

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Eurynia dilatata

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819)

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)

Hyridella menziesi (Gray, 1843) = Echyridella menziesii

Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)

Lortiella sp. = Lortiella rugata

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Monocondylaea minuana d’Orbigny, 1835

Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (Lamarck, 1804)

Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819)

Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)

Toxolasma lividus (Rafinesque, 1831) = Toxolasma lividum

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788

Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867)