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

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Publication Giribet & Wheeler (2002): summary
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Complete Citation

Giribet, G. & W. Wheeler. 2002. On bivalve phylogeny: a high-level analysis of the Bivalvia (Mollusca) based upon combined morphological and DNA sequence data. Invertebrate Biology 121(4): 271-324. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Psilunio littoralis Giribet & Wheeler, 2002
‘Cuvier’ of Authors.
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

Abra cfr. prismatica = Abra prismatica

Acila castrensis

Anomia ephippium

Arca noae

Arctica islandica

Astarte castanea = Isocrassina castanea

Atrina pectinata

Bankia carinata

Barbatia barbata

Callista chione

Calyptogena magnifica = Turneroconcha magnifica

Cardita calyculata

Cardites antiquata = Cardites antiquatus

Chama gryphoides

Chlamys varia = Mimachlamys varia

Codakia cfr. orbiculata = Ctena orbiculata

Corbicula fluminea

Crassostrea virginica

Cuspidaria cuspidata

Dreissena polymorpha

Ensis ensis

Fragum unedo

Galeomma turtoni

Gastrochaena dubia = Rocellaria dubia

Geukensia demissa

Glycymeris insubrica = Glycymeris nummaria

Hiatella arctica

Hippopus hippopus

Lampsilis cardium

Lima hians

Lima lima

Lithophaga lithophaga

Lyonsia hyalina (Conrad, 1831)

Mercenaria mercenaria

Mya arenaria

Mytilus edulis

Neilonella subovata = Pseduoneilonella latior

Neotrigonia bednalli

Neotrigonia margaritacea

Nucula proxima

Nucula sulcata

Nuculana minuta

Nuculana pernula

Ostrea edulis

Pandora arenosa Conrad, 1834

Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin, 1791)

Pecten maximus

Psilunio littoralis = Potomida littoralis

Pteria hirundo

Solemya reidi = Petrasma pervernicosa

Solemya velum

Sphaerium striatinum

Spisula subtruncata

Spondylus sinensis

Striarca lactea

Tresus nuttalli (Conrad, 1837) = Tresus nuttallii

Tridacna gigas

Varicorbula disparilis = Vokesula limatula

Yoldia limatula

Yoldia myalis

 
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