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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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freshwater mussels
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Publication Hewitt et al. (2019): summary

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Full Citation

Hewitt, T.L., D.A. Woolnough & D.T. Zanatta. 2019. Population genetic analyses of Lampsilis cardium (Bivalvia: Unionida) reveal multiple post-glacial colonization routes into the Great Lakes drainage. American Malacological Bulletin 37(1): 21-34. https://bioone.org/journals/american-malacological-bulletin/volume-37/issue-1/006.037.0103/Population-Genetic-Analyses-of-Lampsilis-cardium-Bivalvia--Unionida-Reveal/10.4003/006.037.0103.full.

Taxonomic Opinions

Epioblasma torulosa rangiana = Epioblasma rangiana

Fusconaia flava

Lampsilis cardium (Rafinesque, 1820)

Lampsilis fasciola

Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835)

Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)

Lampsilis radiata

Lampsilis siliquoidea

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

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