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

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Publication Freeman et al. (2025): summary
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Complete Citation

Freeman, E.-J.G., W.G. Bauer, R.H. Easy, R.Q. Céspedes, S.A. Valverde & D.T. Stewart. 2025. Phylogenetic analysis of the freshwater mussel Nephronaias tempisquensis (Bivalvia: Unioinidae: Popenaiadini) from Costa Rica. Malacologia 67(1/2): 241-255. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis Bogan & Hoeh, 2000
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Bogan & Hoeh, 2000. Geol. Soc. London Spec. Publ. 177: Table 1.
Hoeh et al., 2001. [in] Bauer & Wächtler, Ecol. Evol. Unionoida: 260.
Hoeh et al., 2002. Malac. Review 31/32(2): 127.
Hoeh et al., 2002. Evolution 56(11): Table 1.
Roe & Hoeh, 2003. Mol. Syst. Phylogeo. Moll.: 110.
Campbell et al., 2005. Invert. Biol. 124(2): Appendix 1.
Zanatta & Murphy, 2006. MPE 41(1): Table 1.
Walker et al., 2006. Malacologia 48(1-2): Table 2.
Chapman et al., 2008. Malacologia 50(1-2): 306, Table 1.
Chapman et al., 2008. BMC Evol. Biol. 8: 11, Table 4.
Campbell et al., 2008. Molec. Ecol. Res. 8: Table 1.
Burlakova et al., 2012. Aquatic Biosystems 8(12): [suppl. 1].
Campbell & Lydeard, 2012. Amer. Malac. Bull. 30(1): Appendix 1.
Pfeiffer et al., 2016. Conserv. Genet. 17(2): 281, Table 1.
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. Zool. Scripta 48: 109, Table 2.
Smith et al., 2019. Systemat. Biodiv. 17(4): Table S1.
Burlakova et al., 2019. Malacologia 62(2): Table 1.
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. MPE 137: Table 1.
Inoue et al., 2020. Zootaxa 4816(4): 460.
Smith et al., 2020. Cladistics 36: Table 1.
Freeman et al., 2025. Malacologia 67(1/2): 247, Table 2.

Psoronaias semigranosa Pfeiffer et al., 2019
‘von dem Busch in Philippi’ of Authors.
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. Zool. Scripta 48: 108.
Pfeiffer et al., 2019. MPE 137: 116.
Inoue et al., 2020. Zootaxa 4816(4): 460.
Smith et al., 2020. Cladistics 36: 507.
Freeman et al., 2025. Malacologia 67(1/2): 256, Table 1.

Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Cyclonaias pustulosa (I. Lea, 1831) = Pustulosa pustulosa

Cyrtonaias explicata (Morelet, 1849) = Mesonaias explicata

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (I. Lea, 1857) [sic] = Mesonaias tampicoensis

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819)

Nephronaias tempisquensis Pilsbry, 1920

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820

Pachynaias spheniopsis (Morelet, 1849)

Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827)

Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)

Popenaias popeii (I. Lea, 1857)

Psoronaias semigranosa (Busch in Philippi, 1843)

Psorula guatemalensis (Simpson, 1900) = Psoronaias guatemalensis

Psorula percompressus (Martens, 1887) = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Psorula profunda (Simpson, 1914) = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Psorula rudis (Simpson, 1900) = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Psorula usumasintae (Crosse & Fischer, 1893) = Psoronaias crocodilorum

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Sphenonaias microdon (Martens, 1887) = Mesonaias explicata

Toxolasma lividum Rafinesque, 1831

 
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