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

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Publication Graf (2000): summary
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Graf, D.L. 2000. The Etherioidea revisited: a phylogenetic analysis of hyriid relationships (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Paleoheterodonta: Unionoida). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (729): 1-21. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Acostaea rivoli (Deshayes, 1827) = Mulleria rivoli

Anodontites crispata (Brug., 1792)

Anodontites trapesialis (Lam., 1819)

Castalina martensi von Ihering, 1891 = Castalia martensi

Castalina undosa (von Martens, 1885) = Castalia undosa

Diplodon ellipticum (Spix, 1827) = Diplodon ellipticus

Diplodon fontainianus (d’Orbigny, 1835)

Diplodon paranensis (Lea, 1834)

Elliptio crassidens (Lam., 1819)

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Eurynia dilatata

Etheria elliptica (Lam., 1807)

Grandidieria burtoni (Woodward, 1859)

Hyridella australis (Lam., 1819)

Hyridella depressa (Lam., 1819)

Iridina exotica Lam., 1819 = Mutela dubia

Iridina ovatus Swainson, 1823 = Pleiodon ovatus

Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)
+ Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817) = Lampsilis cardium

Margaritifera hembeli (Conrad, 1838)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linn., 1758)

Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1793)

Mutela nilotica (Cailliaud, 1823) = Mutela dubia

Mycetopoda siliquosa (Spix, 1827)

Mycetopoda soleniformis d’Orbigny, 1835

Neotrigonia margaritacea (Lam., 1804)

Parreysia corrugata (Müller, 1774)

Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Unio caffer Krauss, 1848

Unio pictorum (Linn., 1758)

Velesunio ambigua (Philippi, 1847) = Velesunio ambiguus