MUSSELpdb

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Taxonomy

all genera

Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

Hyriidae

Etheriidae

Mycetopodidae

Iridinidae

Species & Genus Richness by
Taxonomy

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 Distel et al. (2011): summary

publication summary

Full Citation

Distel, D.L., M. Amin, A. Burgoyne, E. Linton, G. Mamangkey et al. 2011. Molecular phylogeny of Pholadoidea Lamarck, 1809 supports a single origin for xylotrophy (wood feeding) and xylotrophic bacterial endosymbiosis in Bivalvia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61: 245-254. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula fluminea

Elliptio complanata