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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae


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North America

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Hoeh et al. (1995): summary

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Full Citation

Hoeh, W.R., K.S. Frazer, E. Naranjo-Garcia & R.J. Trdan. 1995. A phylogenetic perspective on the evolution of simultaneous hermaphroditism in a freshwater mussel clade (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Utterbackia). Malacological Review 28: 25-42.

Taxonomic Opinions

Lasmigona compressa (Lea, 1829) = Platynaias compressa

Lasmigona subviridis (Conrad, 1835) = Platynaias subviridis

Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)

Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817)

Pyganodon fragilis (Lamarck, 1819)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Pyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1857)

Toxolasma parvum (Barnes, 1823)

Toxolasma pullum (Conrad, 1838) = Toxolasma pullus

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)

Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829)

Utterbackia peggyae (Johnson, 1965)

 
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