MUSSELpdb

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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae

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Geography

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North America

Central America

South America

Afrotropics

North Eurasia

East Asia

Australasia

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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Park & Ó Foighil (2000): summary

publication summary

Full Citation

Park, J.-K. & D. Ó Foighil. 2000. Sphaeriid and corbiculid clams represent separate heterodont bivalve radiations into freshwater environments. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 14(1): 75-88. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774)

Dreissena bugensis (Andrusov, 1897)

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)

Eupera platensis Doello Jurado, 1921

Musculium lacustre (Müller, 1774) = Sphaerium lacustre

Neocorbicula limosa (Maton, 1809) = Cyanocyclas limosa

Pisidium dubium (Say, 1817)

Pisidium sterkianum Pilsbry, 1897 = Odhneripisidium sterkianum

Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801)

Polymesoda maritima (d’Orbigny, 1842) = Polymesoda floridana

Sphaerium corneum (Linnaeus, 1758)