Home | About | Database | Mussel of the Month | Publications & Presentations

MUSSELpdb

Introduction

Browse

d'basing

Cladomics


Search the MUSSELpdb

Taxonomy

all genera

Summary

Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae


Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy


Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family

Geography

Summary

North America

Central America

South America

Afrotropics

North Eurasia

East Asia

Australasia


Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography


Data last updated
Tue 05 May 2026

Publication Curole & Kocher (2005): summary

cladograms

Full Citation

Curole, J.P. & T.D. Kocher. 2005. Evolution of a unique mitotype-specific protein-coding extension of the cytochrome c oxidase II gene in freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida). Journal of Molecular Evolution 61: 381-389. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00239-004-0192-7.

Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema plicata

Anodonta implicata = Utterbackiana implicata

Glebula rotundata

Lampsilis straminea

Lampsilis teres

There are 12 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.

Margaritifera hembeli

Plectomerus dombeyanus

Potamilus purpuratus

Pyganodon grandis

Quadrula quadrula

Quadrula refulgens = Pustulosa pustulosa

Villosa lienosa = Leaunio lienosus

NSF icon

Site developed and maintained by Dan Graf & Kevin Cummings.
Funded by The National Science Foundation.

"Making the world a better place, one mollusk at a time."
MUSSEL icon