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

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Publication Smith et al. (2018): summary
     publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Smith, C.H., N.A. Johnson, J.M. Pfeiffer & M.M. Gangloff. 2018. Molecular and morphological data reveal non-monophyly and speciation in imperiled freshwater mussels (Anodontoides and Strophitus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 119: 50-62. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Strophitus pascagoulaensis Smith et al., 2018
Smith et al., 2018. MPE 119: 60, fig. 5d-d.

Strophitus undulatus Smith et al., 2018
‘Say’ of Authors.
Smith et al., 2018. MPE 119: 51. [in part]
Gasparini et al., 2020. Environmental DNA 2(3): Table S1.
Whelan et al., 2023. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): Table S1. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Anodonta undulata Say, 1817)

Strophitus williamsi Smith et al., 2018
Smith et al., 2018. MPE 119: 60, fig. 5b.

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta triangulata

Anodonta couperiana = Utterbackiana couperiana

Anodonta hartfieldorum = Utterbackiana hartfieldorum

Anodonta heardi = Utterbackiana heardi

Anodonta suborbiculata = Utterbackiana suborbiculata

Anodontoides ferussacianus

Anodontoides ferussacianus cf. denigrata = Anodontoides denigratus

Cristaria plicata

Lasmigona etowaensis = Alasminota etowaensis

Pseudodontoideus connasaugaensis

Pseudodontoideus subvexus

Pyganodon grandis

Strophitus pascagoulaensis Smith et al.

Strophitus radiatus (Conrad, 1834)
+ Margaritana elliottii Lea, 1858
+ Margaritana elliptica Lea, 1859
+ Anodonta showalterii Lea, 1860

Strophitus undulatus

Strophitus williamsi Smith et al.

Utterbackia peggyae

 
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