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Publication Lydeard et al. (2000): summary

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Full Citation

Lydeard, C., R.L. Minton & J.D. Williams. 2000. Prodigious polyphyly in imperilled freshwater pearly-mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae): a phylogenetic test of species and generic designations. [in] The Evolutionary Biology of the Bivalvia (Harper et al., eds.). Geological Society, London Special Publications 177: 145-158. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Quadrula quadrula Lydeard et al., 2000 = Theliderma metanevra

‘Rafinesque’ of Authors.
Lydeard et al., 2000. Geol. Soc. London Spec. Publ. 177: 148. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Obliquaria (Quadrula) quadrula Rafinesque, 1820)

Quadrula quadrula Lydeard et al., 2000 = Quadrula nobilis

‘Conrad’ of Authors.
Lydeard et al., 2000. Geol. Soc. London Spec. Publ. 177: 157. [in part]
Serb et al., 2003. MPE 28: 10. [in part]
Reis et al., 2013. Graellsia 69(1): 22. [in part]
Amaro et al., 2017. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 179(4): Table S1. [in part]
Gasparini et al., 2020. Environmental DNA 2(3): Table S1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Obliquaria (Quadrula) quadrula Rafinesque, 1820)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus)

Cumberlandia monodonta (Say)

Fusconaia ebena (I. Lea) = Reginaia ebenus

Fusconaia escambia Clench & Turner

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque)

Fusconaia succissa (I. Lea) = Pustulosa succissa

Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque)

Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque)

Obovaria rotulata (Wright) = Reginaia rotulata

Obovaria unicolor (I. Lea)

Pleurobema decisum (I. Lea)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque)

Quincuncina burkei Walker = Fusconaia burkei

Quincuncina infucata (Conrad) = Pustulosa infucata

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