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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Geda et al. (2018): summary
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Geda, S.R., N.K. Lujan, M. Perkins, E. Abernethy, M.H. Sabaj & M. Gangloff. 2018. Multilocus phylogeny of the zebra mussel family Dreissenidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) reveals a fourth Neotropical genus sister to all other genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127: 1020-1033. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Taxonomic Opinions

Congeria jalzici

Congeria kusceri

Congeria mulaomerovici

Corbicula fluminea

Corbula amurensis = Potamocorbula amurensis

Dreissena blanci = Dreissena carinata

Dreissena bugensis

Dreissena polymorpha

Dreissena presbensis = Dreissena carinata

Dreissena rostriformis

Dreissena stankovici = Dreissena carinata

Glauconome rugosa

Mya arenaria

Mytilopsis leucophaeata

Mytilopsis sallei

Rangia cuneata

Rhepdreissena hoeblichi (Schütt, 1991) = Rheodreissena hoeblichi

Rhepdreissena Xingu species 1 = Rheodreissena xinguana

Rhepdreissena Xingu Species 2 = Rheodreissena cordilineata