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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 Graf & Ó Foighil (2000), 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

Graf, D.L. & D. Ó Foighil. 2000. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of 28S rDNA supports a Gondwanan origin for Australasian Hyriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida). Vie et Milieu 50(4): 245-254.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 1_2

Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema plicata

Cumberlandia monodonta

Diplodon chilensis

Hyridella australis

Hyridella depressa

Hyridella menziesi

Lampsilis cardium

Pyganodon grandis

Unio pictorum

Velesunio ambiguus

Cladogram Figure 1_2
  +----------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta
  |                                        
  |              +-- Unio_pictorum         
  |           +--+                         
  |           |  +-- Pyganodon_grandis     
  +-----------+                            
--+           |  +-- Amblema_plicata       
  |           +--+                         
  |              +-- Lampsilis_cardium     
  |                                        
  |  +-------------- Velesunio_ambiguus    
  |  |                                     
  +--+           +-- Diplodon_chilensis    
     |  +--------+                         
     |  |        +-- Castalia              
     +--+                                  
        |  +-------- Hyridella_australis__2
        +--+                               
           |  +----- Hyridella_australis__1
           +--+                            
              |  +-- Echyridella_menziesii 
              +--+                         
                 +-- Hyridella_depressa

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