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Taxonomy

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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae


Species & Genus Richness by
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Geography

Summary

North America

Central America

South America

Afrotropics

North Eurasia

East Asia

Australasia


Species Richness & Endemism by
Geography

Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Graf et al. (2015): summary

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Full Citation

Graf, D.L., H. Jones, A.J. Geneva, J.M. Pfeiffer & M.W. Klunzinger. 2015. Molecular phylogenetic analysis supports a Gondwanan origin of the Hyriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionida) and the paraphyly of Australasian taxa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 85: 1-9. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodontites elongata Whelan et al., 2011 = Tamsiella schroeteriana

‘Swainson’ of Authors.
Whelan et al., 2011. MPE 61: 506.
Graf et al., 2015. MPE 85: 3.
Bolotov et al., 2016. MPE 103: 108.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. MPE 106: 178.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Konopleva et al., 2017. Systemat. Biodiv. 15(3): 208.
Combosch et al., 2017. MPE 107: 195.
Bolotov et al., 2018. Sci. Repts. 8: Table S1.
Huang et al., 2018. MPE 120: 302.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2018. MPE 127: 103.
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S4.
Bolotov et al., 2019. Sci. Repts. 9: Table S1.
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. MPE 137: 116.
Guerra et al., 2019. BMC Evol. Biol. 19 (229): 3.
Bolotov et al., 2020. Sci. Repts. 10: Table S1.
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): 101.
Wu et al., 2020. Invert. Syst. 34: 195.
Wu et al., 2021. J. Lake Sci. 33(6): attached Table 1.
Chen et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(4): Table 1.
(misidentified reference to Anodon elongatus Swainson, 1823)

Taxonomic Opinions

Alathyria jacksoni

Alathyria pertexta

Alathyria profuga

Anodontites elongata

Castalia ambigua

Chambardia wahlbergi

Cucumerunio novaehollandiae

Diplodon demeraraensis = Diplodon suavidicus

Etheria elliptica

Hyridella australis

Hyridella depressa

Hyridella drapeta

Lortiella froggatti

Margaritifera margaritifera

Microdontia anodontaeformis

Neotrigonia margaritacea

Triplodon corrugatus

Unio pictorum

Velesunio ambiguus

Westralunio carteri

 
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