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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 Chong et al. (2016): summary

publication summary

Full Citation

Chong, J.P., J.L. Harris & K.J. Roe. 2016. Incongruence between mtDNA and nuclear data in the freshwater mussel genus Cyprogenia (Bivalvia: Unionidae) and its impact on species delineation. Ecology and Evolution 6(8): 2439-2452. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Lampsilis ornate Xue et al., 2016 = Lampsilis ornata

Xue et al., 2016. mtDNA 27(4): [2].
Wu et al., 2016. mtDNA 27(6): 4521.
Chong et al., 2016. Ecol. & Evol. 6(8): Table S2.
Zhou et al., 2017. Conserv. Genet. Resour. 9: 235.
Wu et al., 2018. Conserv. Genet. Resour. 10: 732.
Fukata & Iigo, 2020. mtDNA B 5(2): 1216.
(error for Unio ovatus var. ornatus Conrad, 1835)

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Amblema plicata

Cyprogenia aberti (Conrad, 1850)

Cyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820)

Dromus dromas

Epioblasma brevidens

Epioblasma capsaeformis

Lampsilis cariosa

Lampsilis fasciola

Lampsilis higginsii

Lampsilis ornate [sic] = Lampsilis ornata

Lampsilis ovata

Lampsilis siliquoidea

Lemiox rimosus

Ligumia recta

Medionidus conradicus

Obliquaria reflexa

Potamilus alatus

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Villosa iris = Cambarunio iris

 
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