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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 Nagel et al. (1998), 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.

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Publication information

Nagel, K.-O., G. Badino & G. Celebrano. 1998. Systematics of European naiades (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae and Unionidae): a review and some new aspects. Malacological Review - Bivalvia I (7): 83-104.

Cladogram Figures

(click the figure number to see the cladogram)

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Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
+ Anodonta piscinalis Nilsson, 1822

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)

Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler, 1793)
+ Unio sinuata Lamarck, 1819

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Microcondylaea bonellii A. FĂ©russac, 1827
+ Alasmodonta compressa Menke, 1830

Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)

Unio crassus Philippson, 1788

Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio elongatula C. Pfeiffer, 1825

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio tumidus Philippson, 1788

Cladogram Figure 1
  +----------------- Microcondylaea_bonellii 
  |                                          
--+  +-------------- Potomida_littoralis     
  |  |                                       
  |  |        +----- Pseudanodonta_complanata
  +--+  +-----+                              
     |  |     |  +-- Anodonta_anatina        
     |  |     +--+                           
     +--+        +-- Anodonta_cygnea         
        |                                    
        |  +-------- Unio_crassus            
        +--+                                 
           |  +----- Unio_tumidus            
           +--+                              
              |  +-- Unio_pictorum           
              +--+                           
                 +-- Unio_mancus             
Cladogram Figure 7
  +-------------- Pseudanodonta_complanata
--+                                       
  |  +----------- Anodonta_cygnea         
  +--+                                    
     |  +-------- Sinanodonta_woodiana    
     +--+                                 
        |  +----- Anodonta__2             
        +--+                              
           |  +-- Anodonta_anatina        
           +--+                           
              +-- Anodonta__1             
Cladogram Figure 8
  +----- Unio_tumidus 
  |                   
--+  +-- Unio_pictorum
  |  |                
  +--+-- Unio_crassus 
     |                
     +-- Unio_mancus  
Cladogram Figure 9
  +-------------- Margaritifera 
--+                             
  |  +----------- Potomida      
  +--+                          
     |  +-------- Microcondylaea
     +--+                       
        |  +----- Unio          
        +--+                    
           |  +-- Anodonta      
           +--+                 
              +-- Pseudanodonta 

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