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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 Huang 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

Huang, Y.-Y., H.-Z. Liu, X.-P. Wu & S. Ouyang. 2002. Testing the relationships of Chinese freshwater Unionidae (Bivalvia) based on analysis of partial mitochondrial 16S rRNA sequences. Journal of Molluscan Studies 68: 359-363.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 1
fig. 2

Attributed Species Names

Lepidodesma languilata Haas, 1969
‘Heude’ of Authors.
Haas, 1969, Treatise on Invert. Paleo: N446.
Millard, 2001, Class. Moll. (3): 1058.
Huang et al., 2002, J. Moll. Studies 68: 360.
(error for Unio languilati Heude, 1874)

Taxonomic Opinions

Acuticosta ovata (Simpson, 1914)

Alasmidonta triangulata (Lea, 1858)

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Anodonta couperiana (Lea, 1840)

Anodonta woodiana woodiana (Lea, 1834)

Anodontoides radiata (Conrad, 1834)

Arconaia lanceolata (Lea, 1856)

Cristaria plicata (Leach, 1815)

Cumberlandia monodonta (Say, 1829)

Cuneopsis pisciculus (Heude, 1875)

Ellipsaria lineolata Rafinesque, 1820

Elliptoideus sloatianus (Lea, 1840)

Hyriopsis cumingii (Lea, 1852)

Lamprotula leai (Gray, 1834)

Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820)

Lanceolaria grayana (Lea, 1834)

Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Lepidodesma languilata [sic] (Heude, 1874)

Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820)

Margaritifera margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Medionidus conradicus (Rafinesque, 1820) [sic]

Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820

Plectomerus dombeyanus Valenciennes, 1827

Pleurobema pyriforme (Lea, 1857)

Potamilus purpuratus (Lamarck, 1819)

Ptychobranchus subtentum (Say, 1825)

Ptychorhynchus pfisteri (Heude, 1874)

Schistodesmus lampreyanus (Baird & Adams, 1867)

Solenaia oleivora (Heude, 1877)

Unio douglasiae Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834

Uniomerus obesus (Lea, 1831)

Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829)

Villosa delumbis (Conrad, 1834)

Cladogram Figure 1
  +----------------------------------------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta     
  |                                                                           
  +----------------------------------------------- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  |                                                                           
  |                                            +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana       
  |                                +-----------+                              
  |                                |           +-- Cristaria_plicata          
  |                             +--+                                          
  |                             |  |  +----------- Utterbackiana_couperiana   
  |                             |  +--+                                       
  |                             |     |  +-------- Utterbackia_imbecillis     
  |                             |     +--+                                    
--+                             |        |  +----- Strophitus_radiatus        
  |                             |        +--+                                 
  |                             |           |  +-- Alasmidonta_triangulata    
  |  +--------------------------+           +--+                              
  |  |                          |              +-- Lasmigona_costata          
  |  |                          |                                             
  |  |                          |           +----- Acuticosta_ovata           
  |  |                          |        +--+                                 
  |  |                          |        |  |  +-- Nodularia_douglasiae       
  |  |                          |        |  +--+                              
  |  |                          |        |     +-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula     
  |  |                          +--------+                                    
  +--+                                   |     +-- Lanceolaria_grayii         
     |                                   |  +--+                              
     |                                   |  |  +-- Lanceolaria_lanceolata     
     |                                   +--+                                 
     |                                      |  +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus  
     |                                      +--+                              
     |                                         +-- Lepidodesma_languilati     
     |                                                                        
     |  +----------------------------------------- Sinosolenaia_oleivora      
     |  |                                                                     
     +--+  +-------------------------------------- Lamprotula_leaii           
        |  |                                                                  
        +--+  +----------------------------------- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii     
           |  |                                                               
           +--+  +-------------------------------- Ptychorhynchus_pfisteri    
              |  |                                                            
              +--+  +----------------------------- Megalonaias_nervosa        
                 |  |                                                         
                 |  |                       +----- Elliptoideus_sloatianus    
                 +--+  +--------------------+                                 
                    |  |                    |  +-- Uniomerus_carolinianus     
                    |  |                    +--+                              
                    +--+                       +-- Pleurobema_pyriforme       
                       |                                                      
                       |  +----------------------- Amblema_plicata            
                       |  |                                                   
                       +--+                    +-- Obliquaria_reflexa         
                          |  +-----------------+                              
                          |  |                 +-- Plectomerus_dombeyanus     
                          +--+                                                
                             |  +----------------- Medionidus_conradicus      
                             +--+                                             
                                |  +-------------- Potamilus_fragilis         
                                +--+                                          
                                   |  +----------- Ptychobranchus_subtentus   
                                   +--+                                       
                                      |  +-------- Potamilus_purpuratus       
                                      +--+                                    
                                         |  +----- Lampsilis_teres            
                                         +--+                                 
                                            |  +-- Villosa_delumbis           
                                            +--+                              
                                               +-- Ellipsaria_lineolata
Cladogram Figure 2
  +-------------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta     
  |                                                
  +-------------------- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  |                                                
  |           +-------- Strophitus_radiatus        
  |           |                                    
  |           +-------- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus  
  |           |                                    
  |           +-------- Lepidodesma_languilati     
  |           |                                    
  |           +-------- Acuticosta_ovata           
  |           |                                    
  |           |     +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana       
--+           +-----+                              
  |           |     +-- Cristaria_plicata          
  |  +--------+                                    
  |  |        |     +-- Lanceolaria_grayii         
  |  |        +-----+                              
  |  |        |     +-- Lanceolaria_lanceolata     
  |  |        |                                    
  |  |        |     +-- Nodularia_douglasiae       
  |  |        +-----+                              
  |  |        |     +-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula     
  |  |        |                                    
  |  |        |  +----- Utterbackia_imbecillis     
  |  |        |  |                                 
  +--+        +--+----- Utterbackiana_couperiana   
     |           |                                 
     |           |  +-- Alasmidonta_triangulata    
     |           +--+                              
     |              +-- Lasmigona_costata          
     |                                             
     |  +-------------- Ptychorhynchus_pfisteri    
     |  |                                          
     |  +-------------- Sinohyriopsis_cumingii     
     |  |                                          
     |  +-------------- Lamprotula_leaii           
     |  |                                          
     +--+-------------- Sinosolenaia_oleivora      
        |                                          
        |  +----------- Megalonaias_nervosa        
        |  |                                       
        |  |     +----- Elliptoideus_sloatianus    
        |  |  +--+                                 
        +--+  |  |  +-- Uniomerus_carolinianus     
           |  |  +--+                              
           |  |     +-- Pleurobema_pyriforme       
           |  |                                    
           |  |  +----- Potamilus_fragilis         
           +--+  |                                 
              |  +----- Medionidus_conradicus      
              |  |                                 
              |  +----- Amblema_plicata            
              |  |                                 
              |  |  +-- Obliquaria_reflexa         
              +--+--+                              
                 |  +-- Plectomerus_dombeyanus     
                 |                                 
                 |  +-- Villosa_delumbis           
                 |  |                              
                 |  +-- Ellipsaria_lineolata       
                 |  |                              
                 +--+-- Lampsilis_teres            
                    |                              
                    +-- Potamilus_purpuratus       
                    |                              
                    +-- Ptychobranchus_subtentus

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