MUSSELpdb

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Taxonomy

all genera

Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae

Species & Genus Richness by
Taxonomy

Geography

Summary

North America

Central America

South America

Afrotropics

North Eurasia

East Asia

Australasia

Species Richness & Endemism by
Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Breton et al. (2009): summary

publication summary

Full Citation

Breton, S., H. Doucet Beaupré, D.T. Stewart, H. Piontkivska, M. Karmakar & A.E. Bogan. 2009. Comparative mitochondrial genomics of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida) with doubly uniparental inheritance of mtDNA: gender-specific open reading frames and putative origins of replication. Genetics 183: 1575-1589. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cristaria plicata

Hyriopsis cumingii = Sinohyriopsis cumingii

Inversidens japanensis = Pronodularia japanensis

Lampsilis ornata

Pyganodon grandis

Quadrula quadrula

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis