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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! 
This page documents data for Bolotov et al. (2015), such as genera and species attributed to that publication (including known misspellings, misidentifications, and other unavailable names) as well as taxonomic opinions, if available. Taxonomic opinions refer to uses of genera and species as valid and invalid in that work. The MUSSEL Project Database has moved to a new server, with a new URL! The new address for this page is: https://musselpdb.org/db.php?ty=publ&id=3646 
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 Publication information 
Bolotov, I.N., Y.V. Bespalaya, I.V. Vikhrev, O.V. Aksenova, P.E. Aspholm et al. 2015. Taxonomy and distribution of freshwater pearl mussels (Unionoida: Margaritiferidae) of the Russian Far East. PLoS One 10(5), e0122408: 1-30. 
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Cladogram Figures
(click the figure number to see the cladogram) fig. 2A fig. 2B
  
Taxonomic Opinions
	 Cumberlandia monodonta 
	 
	Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793)
	 
	Margaritifera dahurica (Middendorff, 1850)
	 + Dahurinaia sujfunensis Moskvicheva, 1973
	 + Dahurinaia (s.s.) tiunovae Bogatov & Zatravkin, 1988
	 + Dahurinaia komarovi Bogatov et al., 2003
	 + Dahurinaia ussuriensis Bogatov et al., 2003
	 + Dahurinaia prozorovae Bogatov et al., 2003
	 + Dahurinaia transbaicalica Klishko, 2008
	 + Margaritifera dehurica Inoue et al., 2013
	 
	Margaritifera falcata 
	 
	Margaritifera laevis (Haas, 1910)
	 + Margaritana dahurica Kobelt, 1879
	 + Margaritana sachalinensis Zhadin, 1938
	 + Dahurinaia kurilensis Zatravkin & Starobogatov, 1984
	 + Dahurinaia shigini Zatravkin & Bogatov, 1987
	 + Margaritifera (Dahurinaia) kunahiriensis Habe, 1991
	 + Margaritana sacchariensis Bába, 2000
	 + Kurilinaia zatravkini Bogatov et al., 2003
	 
	Margaritifera margaritifera 
	 
	Margaritifera marocana 
	 
	Margaritifera marrianae 
	 
	Margaritifera middendorffi (Rosén, 1926)
	 + Unio (Alasm.) complanatus Middendorff, 1851
	 + Kurilinaia kamchatica Bogatov et al., 2003
	 + Margaritifera laevis Huff et al., 2004
	 
	Margaritifera togakushiensis Kondo & Kobayashi, 2005
	 
	Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
	 
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Cladogram Figure 2A
  +-------------- Unio_pictorum              
  |                                          
  |  +----------- Margaritifera_margaritifera
--+  |                                       
  |  |     +----- Margaritifera_dahurica__1  
  |  |     |                                 
  |  +-----+----- Margaritifera_dahurica__2  
  +--+     |                                 
     |     |  +-- Pseudunio_auricularius     
     |     +--+                              
     |        +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta     
     |                                       
     |  +-------- Margaritifera_falcata      
     +--+                                    
        |  +----- Margaritifera_laevis       
        +--+                                 
           |  +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi 
           +--+                              
              +-- Margaritifera_marrianae    
 
Cladogram Figure 2B
  +----------------- Unio_pictorum              
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--+  +-------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta     
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  |  |           +-- Pseudunio_auricularius     
  +--+  +--------+                              
     |  |        +-- Pseudunio_marocanus        
     |  |                                       
     +--+        +-- Margaritifera_dahurica     
        |  +-----+                              
        |  |     +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
        +--+                                    
           |  +----- Margaritifera_falcata      
           +--+                                 
              |  +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi 
              +--+                              
                 +-- Margaritifera_laevis       
 
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