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Margaritiferidae

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Publication Hewitt et al. (2018): summary

cladograms

Full Citation

Hewitt, T.L., J.L. Bergner, D.A. Woolnough & D.T. Zanatta. 2018. Phylogeography of the freshwater mussel species Lasmigona costata: testing post-glacial colonization hypotheses. Hydrobiologia 810(1): 191-206. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Arcidens wheeleri

Fusconaia flava

Lasmigona complanata = Pterosyna complanata

Lasmigona costata

Lasmigona subviridis = Platynaias subviridis

Margaritifera margaritifera

Pleurobema rubellum

Pyganodon grandis

Strophitus undulatus

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