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

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

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Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Anodontina

genus Brachyanodon Crosse & Fischer, 1894: species
     2 available nominal genus synonyms | cladomics

Brachyanodon californiensis (Lea, 1852)
syonymy (4 available, 5 total) | specimens (59 + 1 Genbank voucher)
Range: California and east to the Great Basin, USA, south into Mexico. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 18S, 5.8S, COI, COI M-type, COII
NatureServe: G3 (Anodonta californiensis)
other links: MolluscaBase

Brachyanodon impura (Say, 1829)
syonymy (9 available, 12 total) | specimens (70)
Range: Widely distribute in the central high plateau and Pacific drainages of Mexico. (Central America)
Genbank sequences: 18S, 5.8S, COI, ITS1
IUCN Red List: Data Deficient (Anodonta impura)
other links: MolluscaBase

Brachyanodon kennerlyi (Lea, 1860)
syonymy (1 available, 2 total) | specimens (1)
Range: Oregon, USA north to British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. (North America)
Genbank sequences: COI
NatureServe: G4 (Anodonta kennerlyi)
other links: MolluscaBase

Brachyanodon nuttalliana (Lea, 1838)
syonymy (6 available, 11 total) | specimens (6 + 5 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Washington south through California, east to Utah, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: 28S, COI, COI M-type, mtGenome, ND1
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable A2c (Anodonta nuttalliana)
NatureServe: G2 (Anodonta nuttalliana)
other links: MolluscaBase

Brachyanodon oregonensis (Lea, 1838)
syonymy (2 available, 2 total) | specimens (2 + 7 Genbank vouchers)
Range: Washington south to northern California, east into the Great Basin, USA. (North America)
Genbank sequences: COI, COI M-type, ND1
IUCN Red List: Least Concern (Anodonta oregonensis)
NatureServe: G5 (Anodonta oregonensis)
other links: MolluscaBase

 
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