MUSSELpdb

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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae

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Geography

Summary

North America

Central America

South America

Afrotropics

North Eurasia

East Asia

Australasia

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Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Lee & Ó Foighil (2002): summary

publication summary

Full Citation

Lee, T. & D. Ó Foighil. 2002. 6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (PGD) allele phylogeny is incongruent with a recent origin of polyploidization in some North American Sphaeriidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25: 112-124. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula leana (Prime, 1864)

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)

Eupera cubensis (Prime, 1865)

Musculium securis (Prime, 1852) = Sphaerium securis

Pisidium adamsi Stimpson, 1851 = Euglesa adamsii

Pisidium compressum Prime, 1852 = Euglesa compressa

Pisidium dubium (Say, 1817)

Sphaerium occidentale (Lewis, 1856)

Sphaerium simile (Say, 1822)

Sphaerium striatinum (Lamarck, 1818)