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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 Hoeh et al. (2002), 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

Hoeh, W.R., A.E. Bogan, K.S. Cummings & S.I. Guttman. 2002. Evolutionary relationships among the higher taxa of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida): inferences on phylogeny and character evolution from analyses of DNA sequence data. Malacological Review 31/32(2): 123-141.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 2

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819)

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodontites guanarensis Marshall, 1927

Anodontites trigonus (Spix, 1827)

Castalia stevensi (H.B. Baker, 1930)

Coelatura aegyptiaca (Cailliaud, 1827)

Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829)

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838)

Diplodon deceptus Simpson, 1914

Elliptio dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819)

Gonidea angulata (Lea, 1838)

Hyridella menziesi (Gray, 1843)

Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)

Lortiella sp.

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Monocondylaea minuana d’Orbigny, 1835

Mutela dubia (Gmelin, 1791)

Mutela rostrata (Rang, 1835)

Neotrigonia margaritacea (Lamarck, 1804)

Pleurobema clava (Lamarck, 1819)

Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)

Toxolasma lividus (Rafinesque, 1831)

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788

Velesunio angasi (Sowerby, 1867)

Cladogram Figure 2
  +----------------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea   
  |                                                               
  |                                +-- Castalia_stevensi          
  |                          +-----+                              
  |                          |     +-- Diplodon_gratus            
  |  +-----------------------+                                    
--+  |                       |  +----- Echyridella_menziesii      
  |  |                       +--+                                 
  |  |                          |  +-- Velesunio_angasi           
  |  |                          +--+                              
  |  |                             +-- Lortiella                  
  |  |                                                            
  +--+                             +-- Mutela_dubia               
     |                       +-----+                              
     |                       |     +-- Mutela_rostrata            
     |  +--------------------+                                    
     |  |                    |  +----- Monocondylaea_minuana      
     |  |                    +--+                                 
     |  |                       |  +-- Anodontites_guanarensis    
     |  |                       +--+                              
     +--+                          +-- Anodontites_trigona        
        |                                                         
        |  +-------------------------- Coelatura_aegyptiaca       
        |  |                                                      
        |  |                       +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
        |  |  +--------------------+                              
        +--+  |                    +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta     
           |  |                                                   
           |  |        +-------------- Gonidea_angulata           
           |  |  +-----+                                          
           +--+  |     |  +----------- Unio_pictorum              
              |  |     +--+                                       
              |  |        |  +-------- Unio_tumidus               
              |  |        +--+                                    
              |  |           |  +----- Anodonta_cygnea            
              |  |           +--+                                 
              +--+              |  +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
                 |              +--+                              
                 |                 +-- Strophitus_undulatus       
                 |                                                
                 |                 +-- Glebula_rotundata          
                 |  +--------------+                              
                 |  |              +-- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis    
                 |  |                                             
                 +--+  +-------------- Toxolasma_lividum          
                    |  |                                          
                    |  |        +----- Potamilus_alatus           
                    |  +--------+                                 
                    +--+        |  +-- Ligumia_recta              
                       |        +--+                              
                       |           +-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina    
                       |                                          
                       |  +----------- Amblema_plicata            
                       +--+                                       
                          |  +-------- Quadrula_quadrula          
                          +--+                                    
                             |  +----- Eurynia_dilatata           
                             +--+                                 
                                |  +-- Pleurobema_clava           
                                +--+                              
                                   +-- Fusconaia_flava            

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