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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae


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North America

Central America

South America

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Gustafson & Iwamoto (2005): summary

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Full Citation

Gustafson, R.G. & E.M. Iwamoto. 2005. A DNA-based identification key to Pacific Northwest freshwater mussel glochidia: importance to salmonid and mussel conservation. Northwest Science 79(4): 233-245.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta beringiana Middendorff, 1851 = Beringiana beringiana

Anodonta californiensis Lea, 1852

Anodonta kennerlyi Lea, 1860

Anodonta nuttalliana Lea, 1838

Anodonta oregonensis Lea, 1838

Anodonta wahlamatensis Lea, 1838 = Anodonta nuttalliana

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)

Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)

 
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