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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 Chong 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

Chong, J.P., J.C. Brim-Box, J.K. Howard, D. Wolf, T.L. Myers & K.E. Mock. 2008. Three deeply divided lineages of the freshwater mussel genus Anodonta in western North America. Conservation Genetics 9: 1303-1309.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 3

Taxonomic Opinions

Alasmidonta heterodon

Alasmidonta marginata

Anodonta anatina

Anodonta beringiana Middendorff, 1851

Anodonta californiensis Lea, 1852

Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta dejecta Lewis, 1875

Anodonta kennerlyi Lea, 1860

Anodonta nuttalliana Lea, 1838
+ Anodonta wahlamatensis Lea, 1838

Anodonta oregonensis Lea, 1838

Anodonta woodiana

Lasmigona complanata

Lasmigona compressa

Lasmigona holstonia

Pseudanodonta complanata

Pyganodon fragilis

Strophitus subvexus

Strophitus undulatus

Unio tumidus

Cladogram Figure 3
  +----------------- Anodonta_cygnea          
  |                                           
  +----------------- Pyganodon_fragilis       
  |                                           
  +----------------- Alasminota_holstonia     
  |                                           
  +----------------- Anodonta_anatina         
  |                                           
  +----------------- Unio_tumidus             
  |                                           
  |              +-- Anodonta_nuttalliana     
  +--------------+                            
  |              +-- Anodonta_californiensis  
  |                                           
--+              +-- Beringiana_beringiana    
  +--------------+                            
  |              +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana     
  |                                           
  |              +-- Pseudodontoideus_subvexus
  |              |                            
  +--------------+-- Alasmidonta_marginata    
  |              |                            
  |              +-- Lasmigona_complanata     
  |                                           
  |  +-------------- Pseudanodonta_complanata 
  |  |                                        
  |  |        +----- Strophitus_undulatus     
  |  +--------+                               
  +--+        |  +-- Prolasmidonta_heterodon  
     |        +--+                            
     |           +-- Platynaias_compressa     
     |                                        
     |  +----------- Anodonta_oregonensis__4  
     +--+                                     
        |  +-------- Anodonta_oregonensis__3  
        +--+                                  
           |  +----- Anodonta_oregonensis__2  
           +--+                               
              |  +-- Anodonta_oregonensis__1  
              +--+                            
                 +-- Anodonta_kennerlyi       

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