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

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Publication Chapman et al. (2008): summary
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Complete Citation

Chapman, E.G., M.E. Gordon, J.M. Walker, B.K. Lang, D.C. Campbell & W.R. Hoeh. 2008. Evolutionary relationships of Popenaias popeii and the early evolution of lampsiline bivalves (Unionidae): phylogenetic analyses of DNA and amino acid sequences from F and M mitochondrial genomes. Malacologia 50(1-2): 303-318. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis Bogan & Hoeh, 2000
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Bogan & Hoeh, 2000. Geol. Soc. London Spec. Publ. 177: Table 1.
Hoeh et al., 2001. [in] Bauer & Wächtler, Ecol. Evol. Unionoida: 260.
Hoeh et al., 2002. Malac. Review 31/32(2): 127.
Hoeh et al., 2002. Evolution 56(11): Table 1.
Roe & Hoeh, 2003. Mol. Syst. Phylogeo. Moll.: 110.
Campbell et al., 2005. Invert. Biol. 124(2): Appendix 1.
Zanatta & Murphy, 2006. MPE 41(1): Table 1.
Walker et al., 2006. Malacologia 48(1-2): Table 2.
Chapman et al., 2008. Malacologia 50(1-2): 306, Table 1.
Chapman et al., 2008. BMC Evol. Biol. 8: 11, Table 4.
Campbell et al., 2008. Molec. Ecol. Res. 8: Table 1.
Burlakova et al., 2012. Aquatic Biosystems 8(12): [suppl. 1].
Campbell & Lydeard, 2012. Amer. Malac. Bull. 30(1): Appendix 1.
Pfeiffer et al., 2016. Conserv. Genet. 17(2): 281, Table 1.
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. Zool. Scripta 48: 109, Table 2.
Smith et al., 2019. Systemat. Biodiv. 17(4): Table S1.
Burlakova et al., 2019. Malacologia 62(2): Table 1.
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. MPE 137: Table 1.
Inoue et al., 2020. Zootaxa 4816(4): 460.
Smith et al., 2020. Cladistics 36: Table 1.
Freeman et al., 2025. Malacologia 67(1/2): 247, Table 2.

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838) = Mesonaias tampicoensis

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819)

Hamiota subangulata (Lea, 1840)

Inversidens japanensis (Lea, 1859) = Pronodularia japanensis

Lampsilis hydiana (Lea, 1838)

Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)

Lampsilis straminea (Conrad, 1834)

Lemiox rimosus (Rafinesque, 1831)

Obliquaria reflexa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820)

Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827)

Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)

Popenaias popeii (Lea, 1857)

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Quadrula refulgens (Lea, 1868) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Toxolasma lividus (Rafinesque, 1831) = Toxolasma lividum

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)

 
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