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

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Publication Bieler et al. (2014): taxonomic opinions
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Complete Citation

Bieler, R., P.M. Mikkelsen, T.M. Collins, E.A. Glover, V.L. González et al. 2014. Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life — An exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters. Invertebrate Systematics 28: 32-115. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Abra alba (Wood, 1802)

Acila castrensis (Hinds, 1843)

Arca noae Linnaeus, 1758

Arcopsis adamsi (Dall, 1886)

Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767)

Asaphis deflorata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Aspatharia pfeifferiana (Bernardi, 1860)

Astarte sulcata (Da Costa, 1778)

Atrina rigida (Lightfoot, 1786)

Barbatia barbata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Barnea candida (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bathyneaera demistriata (Allen & Morgan, 1981) = Bathyneaera hadalis

Bornia sebetia (Costa, 1829)

Calyptogena magnifica Boss & Turner, 1980 = Turneroconcha magnifica

Cardita calyculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cavatidens omissa Iredale, 1931

Cerastoderma edule (Linnaeus, 1758)

Chama macerophylla Gmelin, 1791

Chione elevata Say, 1822

Cleidothaerus albidus (Lamarck, 1819)

Clencharia abyssorum (Verrill & Bush, 1898)

Cochlodesma praetenue (Pulteney, 1799)

Codakia orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Corbicula fluminea (O.F. Müller, 1774)

Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791)

Ctenoides scaber (Born, 1778)

Cyamiomactra laminifera (Lamy, 1906)

Cycladicama cumingi (Hanley, 1844) = Joannisiella cumingii

Cyrenoida floridana Dall, 1896

Dimya japonica Habe, 1971

Dimya lima Bartsch, 1913

Donacilla cornea (Poli, 1795)

Donax trunculus Linnaeus, 1758

Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771)

Dreissena polymorphus (Pallas, 1771) = Dreissena polymorpha

Eucrassatella cumingi (A. Adams, 1854) = Eucrassatella cumingii

Fragum unedo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Frenamya elongata (Carpenter, 1846)

Gaimardia trapezina [sic] (Lamarck, 1819) = Gaimardia trapesina

Gemma gemma (Totten, 1834)

Glauconome rugosa Reeve, 1844

Glossus humanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Glycymeris glycymeris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Haliris tenerrima (Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931) = Verticordia tenerrima

Hemidonax pictus (Tryon, 1870)

Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767)

Huxleyia munita (Dall, 1898)

Hyotissa mcgintyi (Harry, 1985)

Isognomon alatus (Gmelin, 1791)

Lamychaena hians (Gmelin, 1791)

Lasaea adansoni (Gmelin, 1791)

Laternula elliptica (King & Broderip, 1831)

Lima lima (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lucina pensylvanica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lyonsia floridana Conrad, 1849

Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Malleus albus Lamarck, 1819

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Modiolus rumphii (Philippi, 1847) = Modiolus rufus

Monia patelliformis (Linnaeus, 1767) = Pododesmus patelliformis

Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758

Myochama anomioides Stutchbury, 1830

Mysella charcoti (Lamy, 1906) = Altenaeum charcoti

Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758

Neotrigonia lamarckii (Gray, 1838)

Notocorbula tunicata (Hinds, 1843) = Corbula tunicata

Nucinella giribeti Glover & Taylor, 2013

Nucula sulcata Bronn, 1831

Panopea globosa Dall, 1898

Panopea japonica A. Adams, 1850

Parvamussium jefferysii (E.A. Smith, 1885) = Propeamussium jeffreysii

Pecten maximus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Petricola lapicida (Gmelin, 1791)

Phaxas pellucidus (Pennant, 1777)

Pinna carnea Gmelin, 1791

Placuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Plicatula australis Lamarck, 1819

Poromya illevis Hedley, 1913

Propeamussium watsoni (E.A. Smith, 1885)

Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pulvinites exempla (Hedley, 1914)

Rangia cuneata (Sowerby I, 1831)

Scaeoleda caloundra (Iredale, 1929) = Saccella caloundra

Scintillona cryptozoica (Hedley, 1917) = Varotoga cryptozoica

Scissula similis (Sowerby I, 1806)

Solemya velum Say, 1822

Solen vaginoides Lamarck, 1818

Sphaerium nucleus (Studer, 1820)

Spondylus ambiguus Chenu, 1844 = Spondylus tenuis

Tagelus plebeius (Lightfoot, 1786)

Tellimya ferruginosa (Montagu, 1803)

Teredo clappi Bartsch, 1923

Thracia phaseolina (Lamarck, 1818)

Thyasira equalis (Verrill & Bush, 1898) = Parathyasira equalis

Trapezium sublaevigatum (Lamarck, 1819) = Neotrapezium sublaevigatum

Tresus capax (Gould, 1850)

Turtonia minuta (Fabricius, 1780)

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Velesunio ambiguus (Philippi, 1847)

Venus verrucosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Yoldia limatula (Say, 1831)