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

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Publication Takeuchi et al. (2015): summary
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Complete Citation

Takeuchi, M., A. Okada & W. Kakino. 2015. Phylogenetic relationships of two freshwater pearl mussels, Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910) and Margaritifera togakushiensis Kondo & Kobayashi, 2005 (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae), in the Japanese archipelago. Molluscan Research 35(4): 218-226. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Margaritifera laevis Huff et al., 2004
‘Haas’ of Authors.
Huff et al., 2004. J. Moll. Studies 70: 381.
Walker et al., 2006. Malacologia 48(1-2): 271.
Araujo et al., 2009. J. Moll. Studies 75(2): 97. [in part]
Takeuchi et al., 2015. Mollusc. Res. 35(4): 220. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Ptychorhynchus laevis Haas, 1910)

Taxonomic Opinions

Cumberlandia monodonta

Dahurinaia dahurica = Margaritifera dahurica

Lampsilis cardium

Margaritifera auricularia = Pseudunio auricularius

Margaritifera falcata

Margaritifera laevis

Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritifera marocana = Pseudunio marocanus

Margaritifera marrianae

Margaritifera togakushiensis = Margaritifera middendorffi

Neotrigonia margaritacea

 
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