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

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Publication Lee & Ó Foighil (2002): summary
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Complete Citation

Lee, T. & D. Ó Foighil. 2002. 6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (PGD) allele phylogeny is incongruent with a recent origin of polyploidization in some North American Sphaeriidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25: 112-124. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula leana (Prime, 1864)

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)

Eupera cubensis (Prime, 1865)

Musculium securis (Prime, 1852) = Sphaerium securis

Pisidium adamsi Stimpson, 1851 = Euglesa adamsii

Pisidium compressum Prime, 1852 = Euglesa compressa

Pisidium dubium (Say, 1817)

Sphaerium occidentale (Lewis, 1856)

Sphaerium simile (Say, 1822)

Sphaerium striatinum (Lamarck, 1818)