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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)
FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!
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Publication Galal-Khallaf et al. (2024): summary publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationGalal-Khallaf, A., A.M. Farahat, M.E. Elmadawy, M.M. Rezk, M.F. El-Mallah et al. 2024. DNA and eDNA-based techniques for characterizing three unionid bivalve species in the northern River Nile, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Zoology 81: 15-29. Available electronically.
Attributed Nominal SpeciesAnodonta arcaeformis Soroka, 2010 ‘Heude’ of Authors. Soroka, 2010. Folia Malac. 18(4): 178. Zhang et al., 2013. World Sci. Tech.-Mod. Traditional Chinese Med. 15(3): 376. Sayenko et al., 2017. Biol. Bulletin 44(3): 367 [as ‘Anemina arcaeformis’]. Whelan et al., 2023. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): Table S1. [in part] Galal-Khallaf et al., 2024. Egypt. J. Zool. 81: 22. Perkins et al., 2025. ZooKeys 1248: Table S1. [in part] (misidentified reference to Anodon arcaeformis Heude, 1877) | |
Anodonta impure Galal-Khallaf et al., 2024 Galal-Khallaf et al., 2024. Egypt. J. Zool. 81: 22. (error for Anodonta impura Say, 1829) | |
Sinanodonta woodiana Soroka, 2010 ‘Lea’ of Authors. Soroka, 2010. Folia Malac. 18(4): 151. [in part] Bolotov et al., 2016. Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 67: 60 [as ‘lineage G’]. [in part] Konečný et al., 2018. Evol. Appl. 11: Table S1 [as ‘lineage G’]. [in part] Galal-Khallaf et al., 2024. Egypt. J. Zool. 81: Fig. 6. (misidentified reference to Symphynota woodiana Lea, 1834) | |
Taxonomic OpinionsAnodonta anatina Anodonta arcaeformis = Anemina harlandi Anodonta arcaeformis flavotincta = Buldowskia flavotincta Anodonta beringiana = Beringiana beringiana Anodonta californiensis = Brachyanodon californiensis Anodonta couperiana = Utterbackiana couperiana Anodonta cygnea Anodonta exulcerata Anodonta hartfieldorum = Utterbackiana hartfieldorum Anodonta impure [sic] = Brachyanodon impura Anodonta kennerlyi = Brachyanodon kennerlyi Anodonta lucida = Sinanodonta lucida Anodonta nuttalliana = Brachyanodon nuttalliana Anodonta oregonensis = Brachyanodon oregonensis Anodonta wahlamatensis = Brachyanodon nuttalliana Anodonta woodiana = Sinanodonta woodiana Chambardia rubens Chambardia wahlbergi Coelatura aegyptiaca Coelatura alluaudi Coelatura bakeri Coelatura choziensis Coelatura gabonensis Coelatura hauttecoeuri Coelatura hauttecoeuri kyogae = Coelatura hauttecoeuri Coelatura horei Coelatura kunenensis Coelatura luapulaensis Coelatura stuhlmanni Mutela dubia Mutela hargeri Mutela rostrata Nitia acuminata
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