MUSSELpdb

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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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Mycetopodidae

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Cyr et al. (2007): summary

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Full Citation

Cyr, F., A. Paquet, A.L. Martel & B. Angers. 2007. Cryptic lineages and hybridization in freshwater mussels of the genus Pyganodon (Unionidae) in northeastern North America. Canadian Journal of Zoology 85: 1216-1227. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta wahlamatensis Lea, 1838 = Anodonta nuttalliana

Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835)

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)

Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817)

Pyganodon fragilis (Lamarck, 1819)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Pyganodon simpsonaia [sic] (Lea, 1861) = Pyganodon grandis