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

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Publication Hoeh et al. (2009): summary
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Complete Citation

Hoeh, W.R., A.E. Bogan, W.H. Heard & E.G. Chapman. 2009. Palaeoheterodont phylogeny, character evolution, diversity and phylogenetic classification: a reflection on methods of analysis. Malacologia 51(2): 307-317. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Monocondylea Moricand, 1837
Moricand, 1837. Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 8(1): 145.
d’Orbigny, 1846. Voyage dans l’Amérique Méridionale 5: 611.
Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 196.
Herrmannsen, 1849. Ind. Gener. Malacol. 2: 668.
Gould, 1850. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 3: 293.
Hupé, 1857. [in] Castelnau, Anim. Nouv. Rares d’Amer. Sud: 84.
Petit de la Saussaye, 1865. J. de Conch. 13: 15.
Heude, 1875. Conch. Fluv. Nanking (1): pl. 4.
Deshayes & Jullien, 1876. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 10: 117.
Morlet, 1889. J. de Conch. 37: 165.
Hoeh et al., 2009. Malacologia 51(2): 310.
Zieritz et al., 2015. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 53(1): 82.
(error for Monocondylaea d’Orbigny, 1835)

Attributed Nominal Species

Lasmigona compressa Graf & Ó Foighil, 2000
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Graf & Ó Foighil, 2000. J. Moll. Studies 66: 160.
Graf & Cummings, 2006. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 148: 348.
Hoeh et al., 2009. Malacologia 51(2): 310.
Jadhav & Jamkhedkar, 2009. Res. J. BioTech. 4(1): 43.
Whelan et al., 2011. MPE 61: 506.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. MPE 106: 177.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1.
Bolotov et al., 2018. Sci. Repts. 8: Table S1.
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S4.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2020. MPE 146: Table 1.
Wu et al., 2021. J. Lake Sci. 33(6): attached Table 1.
Jeratthitikul et al., 2022. Sci. Repts. 12: Table S1.
Wu et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1166: 263, Table 1.
Liu et al., 2023. ZooKeys 1179: Table 1.
Dai et al., 2025. Zoosyst. Evol. 101(2): Table 1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Symphynota compressa Lea, 1829)

Pilsbryoconcha exilis Graf, 2002
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Graf, 2002. J. Moll. Studies 68: 66.
Graf & Cummings, 2006. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 148: 372.
Hoeh et al., 2009. Malacologia 51(2): 310.
Lopes-Lima et al., 2017. MPE 106: 177. [in part]
(reference to Anodonta exilis Lea, 1838)

Pseudodon vondembuschianus Graf, 2002
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Graf, 2002. J. Moll. Studies 68: 66.
Graf & Cummings, 2006. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 148: 348.
Hoeh et al., 2009. Malacologia 51(2): 310.
Whelan et al., 2011. MPE 61: 506. [in part]
Pfeiffer & Graf, 2015. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 175(2): 310. [in part]
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1 [as ‘Monodontina aff. vondembuschiana sp. 2’]. [in part]
Bolotov et al., 2017. Sci. Repts. 7: Table S1 [as ‘Pseudodon aff. vondembuschianus sp. 2’]. [in part]
Konopleva et al., 2017. Systemat. Biodiv. 15(3): 207. [in part]
Bolotov et al., 2018. Sci. Repts. 8: Table S1 [as ‘Monodontina aff. vondembuschiana sp. 2’]. [in part]
Huang et al., 2019. MPE 130: Table S4 [as ‘Monodontina aff. vondembuschiana sp. 2’]. [in part]
Konopleva et al., 2019. Sci. Repts. 9: Table S1 [as ‘Monodontina aff. vondembuschiana sp. 2’]. [in part]
(reference to Margaritana vondembuschiana Lea, 1840)

Taxonomic Opinions

Acostaea rivolii = Mulleria rivoli

Actinonaias carinata = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Alasmidonta marginata

Amblema plicata

Anodontites guanarensis

Anodontites trigonus = Anodontites trigona

Aspatharia rugifera

Cafferia caffra = Unio caffer

Chambardia wahlbergi

Coelatura aegyptiaca

Cumberlandia monodonta

Diplodon chilensis

Diplodon deceptus = Diplodon gratus

Elliptio dilatata = Eurynia dilatata

Epioblasma triquetra

Etheria elliptica

Fusconaia flava

Gonidea angulata

Hyridella australis

Hyridella depressa

Hyridella menziesi = Echyridella menziesii

Lampsilis cardium

Lasmigona compressa = Platynaias compressa

Ligumia recta

Lortiella rugata

Margaritifera margaritifera

Monocondylea [sic] minuana = Monocondylaea minuana

Mutela dubia

Mutela rostrata

Neotrigonia margaritacea

Obliquaria reflexa

Pilsbryoconcha exilis

Pleurobema coccineum = Pleurobema sintoxia

Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Pseudomulleria dalyi

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris

Pyganodon grandis

Quadrula quadrula

Strophitus undulatus

Tritogonia verrucosa = Quadrula verrucosa

Truncilla truncata

Uniandra contradens = Lens contradens

Unio pictorum

Velesunio ambiguus

Velesunio angasi

Villosa iris = Cambarunio iris

 
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