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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Doucet-Beaupré et al. (2012): summary
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Complete Citation

Doucet-Beaupré, H., P.U. Blier, E.G. Chapman, H. Piontkivska, F. Dufresne et al. 2012. Pyganodon (Bivalvia: Unionoida: Unionidae) phylogenetics: a male- and female-transmitted mitochondrial DNA perspective. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63: 430-444. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta beringiana = Beringiana beringiana

Anodonta californiensis

Anodonta woodiana = Sinanodonta woodiana

Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817)

Pyganodon fragilis (Lamarck, 1819)

Pyganodon gibbosa (Say, 1824)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Pyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1857)

Pyganodon simpsoniana (Lea, 1861) = Pyganodon grandis