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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 Källersjö et al. (2005), 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

Källersjö, M., T.v. Proschwitz, S. Lundberg, P. Eldanäs & C. Erséus. 2005. Evaluation of ITS rDNA as a complement to mitochondrial gene sequences for phylogenetic studies in freshwater mussels: an example using Unionidae from north-western Europe. Zoologica Scripta 34: 415-424.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 1A
fig. 1B-F

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Margaritifera margaritifera

Pseudanodonta complanata (Rossmässler, 1835)

Sinanodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)

Unio crassus (Philippson, 1788)

Unio pictorum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio tumidus (Philippson, 1788)

Cladogram Figure 1A
  +----- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  |                                 
  |  +-- Anodonta_anatina           
  |  |                              
  +--+-- Pseudanodonta_complanata   
--+  |                              
  |  +-- Anodonta_cygnea            
  |                                 
  |  +-- Unio_crassus               
  |  |                              
  +--+-- Unio_pictorum              
     |                              
     +-- Unio_tumidus               
Cladogram Figure 1B-F
  +-------- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  |                                    
  |  +----- Anodonta_anatina           
  +--+                                 
--+  |  +-- Pseudanodonta_complanata   
  |  +--+                              
  |     +-- Anodonta_cygnea            
  |                                    
  |  +----- Unio_tumidus               
  +--+                                 
     |  +-- Unio_crassus               
     +--+                              
        +-- Unio_pictorum              

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