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Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
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Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
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Data last updated
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Publication Bieler et al. (2014): summary
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. https://doi.org/10.1071/IS13010.
Attributed Nominal Species
Gaimardia trapezina Bieler et al., 2014 = Gaimardia trapesina
(error for Modiola trapesina Lamarck, 1819)
‘Lamarck’ Bieler et al., 2014. Invert. Syst. 28: Table 1.
Taxonomic Opinions
Abra alba (Wood, 1802)
Acila castrensis (Hinds, 1843)
Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758
Arcopsis adamsi (Dall, 1886)
Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767)
There are 101 species taxonomic opinions attributed to this publication.
Asaphis deflorata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860)
Astarte sulcata (Da Costa, 1778)
Atrina rigida (Lightfoot, 1786)
Barbatia barbata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Barnea candida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bathyneaera demistriata (Allen & Morgan, 1981) = Bathyneaera hadalis
Bornia sebetia (Costa, 1829)
Calyptogena magnifica Boss & Turner, 1980 = Turneroconcha magnifica
Cardita calyculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cavatidens omissa Iredale, 1931
Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chama macerophylla Gmelin, 1791
Chione elevata Say, 1822
Cleidothaerus albidus (Lamarck, 1819)
Clencharia abyssorum (Verrill & Bush, 1898)
Cochlodesma praetenue (Pulteney, 1799)
Codakia orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Corbicula fluminea (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)
Ctenoides scaber (Born, 1778)
Cyamiomactra laminifera (Lamy, 1906)
Cycladicama cumingi (Hanley, 1844) = Joannisiella cumingii
Cyrenoida floridana Dall, 1896
Dimya japonica Habe, 1971
Dimya lima Bartsch, 1913
Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1795)
Donax trunculus Linnaeus, 1758
Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)
Dreissena polymorphus (Pallas, 1771) = Dreissena polymorpha
Eucrassatella cumingi (A. Adams, 1854) = Eucrassatella cumingii
Fragum unedo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Frenamya elongata (Carpenter, 1846)
Gaimardia trapezina [sic] (Lamarck, 1819) = Gaimardia trapesina
Gemma gemma (Totten, 1834)
Glauconome rugosa Reeve, 1844
Glossus humanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Glycymeris glycymeris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Haliris tenerrima (Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931) = Verticordia tenerrima
Hemidonax pictus (Tryon, 1870)
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767)
Huxleyia munita (Dall, 1898)
Hyotissa mcgintyi (Harry, 1985)
Isognomon alatus (Gmelin, 1791)
Lamychaena hians (Gmelin, 1791)
Lasaea adansoni (Gmelin, 1791)
Laternula elliptica (King & Broderip, 1831)
Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lucina pensylvanica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lyonsia floridana Conrad, 1849
Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Malleus albus Lamarck, 1819
Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Modiolus rumphii (Philippi, 1847) = Modiolus rufus
Monia patelliformis (Linnaeus, 1767) = Pododesmus patelliformis
Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
Myochama anomioides Stutchbury, 1830
Mysella charcoti (Lamy, 1906) = Altenaeum charcoti
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758
Neotrigonia lamarckii (Gray, 1838)
Notocorbula tunicata (Hinds, 1843) = Corbula tunicata
Nucinella giribeti Glover & Taylor, 2013
Nucula sulcata Bronn, 1831
Panopea globosa Dall, 1898
Panopea japonica A. Adams, 1850
Parvamussium jefferysii (E.A. Smith, 1885) = Propeamussium jeffreysii
Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Petricola lapicida (Gmelin, 1791)
Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)
Pinna carnea Gmelin, 1791
Placuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Plicatula australis Lamarck, 1819
Poromya illevis Hedley, 1913
Propeamussium watsoni (E.A. Smith, 1885)
Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pulvinites exempla (Hedley, 1914)
Rangia cuneata (Sowerby I, 1831)
Scaeoleda caloundra (Iredale, 1929) = Saccella caloundra
Scintillona cryptozoica (Hedley, 1917) = Varotoga cryptozoica
Scissula similis (Sowerby I, 1806)
Solemya velum Say, 1822
Solen vaginoides Lamarck, 1818
Sphaerium nucleus (Studer, 1820)
Spondylus ambiguus Chenu, 1844 = Spondylus tenuis
Tagelus plebeius (Lightfoot, 1786)
Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1803)
Teredo clappi Bartsch, 1923
Thracia phaseolina (Lamarck, 1818)
Thyasira equalis (Verrill & Bush, 1898) = Parathyasira equalis
Trapezium sublaevigatum (Lamarck, 1819) = Neotrapezium sublaevigatum
Tresus capax (Gould, 1850)
Turtonia minuta (Fabricius, 1780)
Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)
Venus verrucosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Yoldia limatula (Say, 1831)
