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

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Publication Huff et al. (2004): summary
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Complete Citation

Huff, S.W., D. Campbell, D.L. Gustafson, C. Lydeard, C.R. Altaba & G. Giribet. 2004. Investigations into the phylogenetic relationships of freshwater pearl mussels (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae) based on molecular data: implications for their taxonomy and biogeography. Journal of Molluscan Studies 70: 379-388. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Margaritifera laevis Huff et al., 2004
‘Haas’ of Authors.
Huff et al., 2004. J. Moll. Studies 70: 381.
Walker et al., 2006. Malacologia 48(1-2): 271.
Araujo et al., 2009. J. Moll. Studies 75(2): 97. [in part]
Takeuchi et al., 2015. Mollusc. Res. 35(4): 220. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Ptychorhynchus laevis Haas, 1910)

Psilunio littoralis Giribet & Wheeler, 2002
Giribet & Wheeler, 2002. Invert. Biol. 121(4): 277.
Giribet & Distel, 2003. Mol. Syst. Phylogeo. Moll.: 52.
Huff et al., 2004. J. Moll. Studies 70: 381 [as ‘Potomida littoralis’].
Jeffrey et al., 2016. J. Comp. Physiol. B 187: 91.
Vikhrev et al., 2018. Systemat. Biodiv. 16(1): Appendix 5 [as ‘Potomida littoralis’].
(misidentified reference to Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta sp. = Anodonta anatina

Cumberlandia monodonta

Dahurinaia dahurica = Margaritifera dahurica

Lampsilis cardium

Margaritifera auricularia = Pseudunio auricularius

Margaritifera falcata

Margaritifera laevis

Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritifera marrianae

Neotrigonia bednalli

Neotrigonia margaritacea

Potomida littoralis

 
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