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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 Walker et al. (2006), 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

Walker, J.M., J.P. Curole, D.E. Wade, E.G. Chapman, A.E. Bogan & W.R. Hoeh. 2006. Taxonomic distribution and phylogenetic utility of gender-associated mitochondrial genomes in the Unionoida (Bivalvia). Malacologia 48(1-2): 265-282.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 6-M

Attributed Species Names

Anodontites guaranensis Haas, 1969
‘Marshall’ Haas, 1969, Das Tierreich 88: 560.
Walker et al., 2006, Malacologia 48(1-2): 272.
Zieritz et al., 2015, J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 53(1): 82.
(error for Anodontites guanarensis Marshall, 1927)

Margaritifera laevis Huff et al., 2004
‘Haas’ of Authors.
Huff et al., 2004, J. Moll. Studies 70: 381.
Walker et al., 2006, Malacologia 48(1-2): 271.
Araujo et al., 2009, J. Moll. Studies 75(2): 97. [in part]
Takeuchi et al., 2015, Mollusc. Res. 35(4): 220. [in part]
(misidentified reference to Ptychorhynchus laevis Haas, 1910)

Pseudodon vondembuschianus Walker et al., 2006
‘Lea’ of Authors.
Walker et al., 2006, Malacologia 48(1-2): 271.
Whelan et al., 2011, MPE 61: 508. [in part]
Araujo et al., 2017, Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 179(2): 281.
(misidentified reference to Margaritana vondembuschiana Lea, 1840)

Taxonomic Opinions

Acostaea rivolii

Actinonaias ligamentina

Alathyria jacksoni

Anodontites guaranensis [sic]

Anodontites trigonus

Castalia stevensi

Chambardia rubens

Cumberlandia monodonta

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis

Dahurinaia dahurica

Diplodon deceptus

Etheria elliptica

Fusconaia flava

Gonidea angulata

Hyridella australis

Hyridella depressa

Hyridella menziesi

Lampsilis teres

Ligumia recta

Lortiella rugata

Margaritifera auricularia

Margaritifera falcata

Margaritifera laevis

Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritifera margaritifera durrovensis

Monocondylaea minuana

Mutela dubia

Mutela rostrata

Neotrigonia margaritacea

Potamilus purpuratus

Pseudodon vondembuschianus

Pyganodon fragilis

Pyganodon grandis

Tamsiella tamsiana

Velesunio ambiguus

Velesunio sp.

Cladogram Figure 2
  +----------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea  
  |                                                        
--+  +-------------------------- Hyridella                 
  |  |                                                     
  |  |                    +----- Anodonta                  
  +--+  +-----------------+                                
     |  |                 |  +-- Pyganodon_fragilis        
     |  |                 +--+                             
     |  |                    +-- Pyganodon_grandis         
     +--+                                                  
        |  +-------------------- Pronodularia_japanensis   
        |  |                                               
        |  |                 +-- Gonidea_angulata          
        +--+  +--------------+                             
           |  |              +-- Pseudodon_vondembuschianus
           |  |                                            
           +--+              +-- Fusconaia_flava           
              |  +-----------+                             
              |  |           +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta    
              +--+                                         
                 |  +----------- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis   
                 +--+                                      
                    |  +-------- Potamilus_purpuratus      
                    +--+                                   
                       |  +----- Ligumia_recta             
                       +--+                                
                          |  +-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina   
                          +--+                             
                             +-- Lampsilis_teres           
Cladogram Figure 3
  +----------------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea  
  |                                                              
--+  +-------------------------------- Hyridella                 
  |  |                                                           
  +--+  +----------------------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta    
     |  |                                                        
     +--+  +-------------------------- Pseudodon_vondembuschianus
        |  |                                                     
        +--+  +----------------------- Gonidea_angulata          
           |  |                                                  
           +--+  +-------------------- Inversidens               
              |  |                                               
              |  |              +----- Anodonta                  
              +--+  +-----------+                                
                 |  |           |  +-- Pyganodon_fragilis        
                 |  |           +--+                             
                 +--+              +-- Pyganodon_grandis         
                    |                                            
                    |  +-------------- Fusconaia_flava           
                    +--+                                         
                       |  +----------- Potamilus_purpuratus      
                       +--+                                      
                          |  +-------- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis   
                          +--+                                   
                             |  +----- Ligumia_recta             
                             +--+                                
                                |  +-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina   
                                +--+                             
                                   +-- Lampsilis_teres           
Cladogram Figure 4
  +----------------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea  
  |                                                              
--+  +-------------------------------- Hyridella                 
  |  |                                                           
  +--+  +----------------------------- Cumberlandia_monodonta    
     |  |                                                        
     +--+  +-------------------------- Pseudodon_vondembuschianus
        |  |                                                     
        +--+  +----------------------- Gonidea_angulata          
           |  |                                                  
           +--+  +-------------------- Inversidens               
              |  |                                               
              |  |              +----- Anodonta                  
              +--+  +-----------+                                
                 |  |           |  +-- Pyganodon_fragilis        
                 |  |           +--+                             
                 +--+              +-- Pyganodon_grandis         
                    |                                            
                    |  +-------------- Fusconaia_flava           
                    +--+                                         
                       |  +----------- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis   
                       +--+                                      
                          |  +-------- Potamilus_purpuratus      
                          +--+                                   
                             |  +----- Ligumia_recta             
                             +--+                                
                                |  +-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina   
                                +--+                             
                                   +-- Lampsilis_teres           
Cladogram Figure 6
  +----------------------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea   
  |                                                         
  |           +----------------- Castalia_stevensi          
  |           |                                             
  |           +----------------- Diplodon_gratus            
  |  +--------+                                             
  |  |        |  +-------------- Hyridella_depressa         
  |  |        |  |                                          
  |  |        |  +-------------- Hyridella_australis        
  |  |        +--+                                          
  |  |           |  +----------- Echyridella_menziesii      
--+  |           |  |                                       
  |  |           |  |        +-- Velesunio_ambiguus         
  |  |           +--+  +-----+                              
  |  |              |  |     +-- Velesunio__3               
  |  |              |  |                                    
  |  |              +--+  +----- Velesunio__2               
  |  |                 |  |                                 
  |  |                 |  |  +-- Alathyria_jacksoni         
  |  |                 +--+--+                              
  |  |                    |  +-- Velesunio__1               
  |  |                    |                                 
  +--+                    |  +-- Velesunio_angasi           
     |                    +--+                              
     |                       +-- Lortiella_rugata           
     |                                                      
     |                       +-- Mutela_dubia               
     |        +--------------+                              
     |        |              +-- Mutela_rostrata            
     |  +-----+                                             
     |  |     |  +-------------- Etheria_elliptica          
     |  |     |  |                                          
     |  |     +--+  +----------- Chambardia_rubens          
     |  |        |  |                                       
     |  |        +--+  +-------- Mulleria_rivoli            
     |  |           |  |                                    
     |  |           +--+     +-- Anodontites_guanarensis    
     |  |              |  +--+                              
     |  |              |  |  +-- Anodontites_trigona        
     +--+              +--+                                 
        |                 |  +-- Tamsiella_tamsiana         
        |                 +--+                              
        |                    +-- Monocondylaea_minuana      
        |                                                   
        |                    +-- Pyganodon_fragilis         
        |  +-----------------+                              
        |  |                 +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
        |  |                                                
        |  |        +----------- Cumberlandia_monodonta     
        |  |        |                                       
        +--+  +-----+  +-------- Pseudunio_auricularius     
           |  |     |  |                                    
           |  |     +--+     +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
           |  |        |  +--+                              
           |  |        |  |  +-- Margaritifera_dahurica     
           |  |        +--+                                 
           +--+           |  +-- Margaritifera_falcata      
              |           +--+                              
              |              +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi 
              |                                             
              |              +-- Gonidea_angulata           
              |  +-----------+                              
              |  |           +-- Sundadontina_tumida        
              +--+                                          
                 |  +----------- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis    
                 |  |                                       
                 +--+----------- Fusconaia_flava            
                    |                                       
                    |  +-------- Potamilus_purpuratus       
                    +--+                                    
                       |  +----- Lampsilis_teres            
                       +--+                                 
                          |  +-- Ligumia_recta              
                          +--+                              
                             +-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina    
Cladogram Figure 6-M
  +-------------------------- Echyridella_menziesii      
  |                                                      
  |                    +----- Cumberlandia_monodonta     
  |                    |                                 
--+  +-----------------+  +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  |  |                 |  |                              
  |  |                 +--+-- Margaritifera_dahurica__1  
  |  |                    |                              
  |  |                    +-- Margaritifera_dahurica__2  
  +--+                                                   
     |                    +-- Gonidea_angulata           
     |  +-----------------+                              
     |  |                 +-- Sundadontina_tumida        
     |  |                                                
     +--+                 +-- Pyganodon_fragilis         
        |  +--------------+                              
        |  |              +-- Pyganodon_grandis          
        +--+                                             
           |  +-------------- Fusconaia_flava            
           +--+                                          
              |  +----------- Potamilus_purpuratus       
              +--+                                       
                 |  +-------- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis    
                 +--+                                    
                    |  +----- Ligumia_recta              
                    +--+                                 
                       |  +-- Lampsilis_teres            
                       +--+                              
                          +-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina    

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