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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae


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North America

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South America

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Krebs (2004): summary

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Full Citation

Krebs, R.A. 2004. Combining paternally and maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA for analysis of population structure in mussels. Molecular Ecology 13: 1701-1705. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Unio luteolus Sowerby, 1868 = Lampsilis siliquoidea

Sowerby, 1868. Conch. Icon. 16: pl. 61, sp. 306; errata [originally as U. multiradiata].
Krebs et al., 2003. J. Gr. Lakes Res. 29(2): 311.
Krebs, 2004. Molec. Ecol. 13: 1702.
(misidentified reference to Unio luteola Lamarck, 1819)

Taxonomic Opinions

Fusconaia flava

Lampsilis radiata luteola = Lampsilis radiata

Lasmigona costata

Pyganodon grandis

Quadrula quadrula

 
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