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

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Publication Campbell et al. (2008): summary
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Campbell, D.C., P.D. Johnson, J.D. Williams, A.K. Rindsberg, J.M. Serb & C. Lydeard. 2008. Identification of ‘extinct’ freshwater mussel species using DNA barcoding. Molecular Ecology Research 8: 711-724. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Pleurobema beadlianum Campbell et al., 2008
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Campbell et al., 2008. Molec. Ecol. Res. 8: 718.
Campbell & Lydeard, 2012. Amer. Malac. Bull. 30(1): 29.
Perkins et al., 2017. Conserv. Genet. 18: 752.
(error for Unio beadleianus Lea, 1861)

Taxonomic Opinions

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838)

Elliptio arca (Conrad, 1834)

Elliptio arctata (Conrad, 1834)

Elliptio crassidens (Lamarck, 1819)

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) = Eurynia dilatata

Fusconaia cerina (Conrad, 1838)

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)

Hemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827)

Plethobasus cyphyus (Rafinesque, 1820)

Pleurobema athearni Gangloff et al., 2006
+ Pleurobema georgianum Campbell et al., 2005

Pleurobema beadlianum [sic] (Lea, 1861) = Pleurobema beadleianum

Pleurobema chattanoogaense (Lea, 1858) = Pleurobema decisum

Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819)

Pleurobema collina (Conrad, 1837) = Parvaspina collina

Pleurobema cordatum (Rafinesque, 1820)

Pleurobema decisum (Lea, 1831)

Pleurobema furvum (Conrad, 1834) = Pleurobema rubellum

Pleurobema georgianum (Lea, 1841)

Pleurobema gibberum (Lea, 1838) = Pleuronaia gibber

Pleurobema hanleyianum (Lea, 1852)

Pleurobema oviforme (Conrad, 1834)

Pleurobema perovatum (Conrad, 1834)

Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857)

Pleurobema rubellum (Conrad, 1834)

Pleurobema rubrum (Rafinesque, 1820) = Pleurobema sintoxia

Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)

Pleurobema stabile (Lea, 1861)

Pleurobema strodeanum (Wright, 1898)

Pleurobema taitianum (Lea, 1834)

Pleurobema troschelianum (Lea, 1852) = Pleurobema georgianum

Uniomerus declivis (Say, 1831)

 
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