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

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Publication Gomes-dos-Santos et al. (2021): summary
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Complete Citation

Gomes-dos-Santos, A., M. Lopes-Lima, A.M. Machado, A.M. Ramos, A. Usié et al. 2021. The Crown Pearl: a draft genome assembly of the European freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758). DNA Research 28(2). dsab002 (10 pp.). Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Potamilus streckersoni Smith, Johnson, Inoue, Doyle & Randklev, 2019

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)