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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 Chapman et al. (2008), 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

Chapman, E.G., M.E. Gordon, J.M. Walker, B.K. Lang, D.C. Campbell & W.R. Hoeh. 2008. Evolutionary relationships of Popenaias popeii and the early evolution of lampsiline bivalves (Unionidae): phylogenetic analyses of DNA and amino acid sequences from F and M mitochondrial genomes. Malacologia 50(1-2): 303-318.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 1

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819)

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Cyrtonaias tampicoensis (Lea, 1838)

Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)

Glebula rotundata (Lamarck, 1819)

Hamiota subangulata (Lea, 1840)

Inversidens japanensis (Lea, 1859)

Lampsilis hydiana (Lea, 1838)

Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)

Lampsilis straminea (Conrad, 1834)

Lemiox rimosus (Rafinesque, 1831)

Obliquaria reflexa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obovaria olivaria (Rafinesque, 1820)

Plectomerus dombeyanus (Valenciennes, 1827)

Pleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)

Popenaias popeii (Lea, 1857)

Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Quadrula refulgens (Lea, 1868)

Toxolasma lividus (Rafinesque, 1831)

Venustaconcha ellipsiformis (Conrad, 1836)

Cladogram Figure 1
  +-------------------------------------------- Pronodularia_japanensis    
  |                                                                        
  |                                         +-- Quadrula_quadrula          
--+  +--------------------------------------+                              
  |  |                                      +-- Pustulosa_pustulosa        
  |  |                                                                     
  +--+                                      +-- Pleurobema_sintoxia        
     |  +-----------------------------------+                              
     |  |                                   +-- Fusconaia_flava            
     +--+                                                                  
        |  +----------------------------------- Amblema_plicata            
        |  |                                                               
        +--+  +-------------------------------- Plectomerus_dombeyanus     
           |  |                                                            
           +--+  +----------------------------- Popenaias_popeii           
              |  |                                                         
              +--+  +-------------------------- Toxolasma_lividum          
                 |  |                                                      
                 +--+  +----------------------- Obliquaria_reflexa         
                    |  |                                                   
                    |  |                    +-- Cyrtonaias_tampicoensis    
                    +--+  +-----------------+                              
                       |  |                 +-- Glebula_rotundata          
                       |  |                                                
                       +--+                 +-- Ptychobranchus_fasciolaris 
                          |  +--------------+                              
                          |  |              +-- Lemiox_rimosus             
                          |  |                                             
                          +--+              +-- Venustaconcha_ellipsiformis
                             |  +-----------+                              
                             |  |           +-- Obovaria_olivaria          
                             +--+                                          
                                |  +----------- Hamiota_subangulata        
                                +--+                                       
                                   |  +-------- Lampsilis_ovata            
                                   +--+                                    
                                      |  +----- Ortmanniana_ligamentina    
                                      +--+                                 
                                         |  +-- Lampsilis_straminea        
                                         +--+                              
                                            +-- Lampsilis_hydiana          

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