MUSSELpdb

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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

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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 Turner et al. (2000): summary

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Full Citation

Turner, T.F., J.C. Trexler, J.L. Harris & J.L. Haynes. 2000. Nested cladistic analysis indicates population fragmentation shapes genetic diversity in a freshwater mussel. Genetics 154: 777-785. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema plicata

Anodonta couperiana = Utterbackiana couperiana

Elliptio dilatata = Eurynia dilatata

Lampsilis cardium

Lampsilis hydiana

Lampsilis powelli = Lampsilis powellii

Lampsilis reeveiana

Lampsilis satura

Lampsilis siliquoidea

Lampsilis teres

Margaritifera margaritifera

Medionidus conradicus

Quadrula quadrula

Villosa delumbis