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Unionidae

Margaritiferidae

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Data last updated
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Publication Combosch et al. (2017): summary

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Full Citation

Combosch, D.J., T.M. Collins, E.A. Glover, D.L. Graf, E.M. Harper et al. 2017. A family-level tree of life for bivalves based on a Sanger-sequencing approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 191-208. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodontites elongata Whelan et al., 2011 = Tamsiella schroeteriana

‘Swainson’ of Authors.
Whelan et al., 2011. MPE 61: 506.
Graf et al., 2015. MPE 85: 3.
Bolotov et al., 2016. MPE 103: 108.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. MPE 106: 178.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Konopleva et al., 2017. Systemat. Biodiv. 15(3): 208.
Combosch et al., 2017. MPE 107: 195.
Bolotov et al., 2018. Sci. Repts. 8: Table S1.
Huang et al., 2018. MPE 120: 302.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2018. MPE 127: 103.
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S4.
Bolotov et al., 2019. Sci. Repts. 9: Table S1.
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. MPE 137: 116.
Guerra et al., 2019. BMC Evol. Biol. 19 (229): 3.
Bolotov et al., 2020. Sci. Repts. 10: Table S1.
Sano et al., 2020. Plankton Benthos Res. 15(2): 101.
Wu et al., 2020. Invert. Syst. 34: 195.
Wu et al., 2021. J. Lake Sci. 33(6): attached Table 1.
Chen et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(4): Table 1.
(misidentified reference to Anodon elongatus Swainson, 1823)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodontites elongata (Swainson, 1823)

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860)

Chambardia wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848)

Corbicula fluminea (O.F. Müller, 1774)

Cyrenoida floridana Dall, 1896

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)

Etheria elliptica Lamarck, 1807

Hyridella australis (Lamarck, 1819)

Lamproscapha ensiformis (Spix, 1827)

Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Mutela hargeri (E.A. Smith, 1908)

Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)

Neotrigonia lamarckii (Gray, 1838)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (Lamarck, 1804)

Pisidium walkeri Sterki, 1895 = Euglesa walkeri

Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801)

Scabies crispata (Gould, 1843)

Sphaerium nucleus (Studer, 1820)

Triplodon corrugatus (Lamarck, 1819)

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)

 
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