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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
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Data last updated
Mon 1 Dec 2025

Publication Bieler et al. (2014): summary

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Full Citation

Bieler, R., P.M. Mikkelsen, T.M. Collins, E.A. Glover, V.L. González et al. 2014. Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life — An exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters. Invertebrate Systematics 28: 32-115. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860)

Corbicula fluminea (O.F. Müller, 1774)

Dreissena polymorphus (Pallas, 1771) = Dreissena polymorpha

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Neotrigonia lamarckii (Gray, 1838)

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)

 
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