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

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Publication Keogh et al. (2024): summary
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Complete Citation

Keogh, S.M., N.A. Johnson, C.H. Smith, B.E. Sietman, J.T. Garner et al. 2024. Secondary contact erodes Pleistocene diversification in a wide-ranging freshwater mussel (Quadrula). Molecular Ecology. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Cyclonaias tuberculata

Quadrula fragosa

Quadrula nobilis

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)
+ Unio apiculatus Say, 1829

Quadrula quadrula rumphiana (Lea, 1852) = Quadrula quadrula

Quadrula verrucosa