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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 Krebs et al. (2003), 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
Krebs, R.A., R.N. Vlasceanu & M.J.S. Tevesz. 2003. An analysis of diversity in freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) of the Cuyahoga and Rocky River watersheds (Ohio, USA). Journal of Great Lakes Research 29(2): 307-316.
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Cladogram Figures
(click the figure number to see the cladogram) fig. 3
Attributed Species Names
Taxonomic Opinions
Cladogram Figure 3
+-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
+-----------------------------+
| +-- Margaritifera_falcata
|
| +----------- Utterbackiana_couperiana
| |
| +----------- Platynaias_compressa
| |
| +----------- Alasmidonta_triangulata
| |
| +-----------------+ +-- Lasmigona_complanata
--+ | +--------+
| | | +-- Lasmigona_costata
| | |
| | | +-- Strophitus_radiatus
| | | +-----+
| | | | +-- Strophitus_undulatus
| | +--+
| | | +----- Utterbackia_imbecillis
| | +--+
| | | +-- Pyganodon_grandis
+--+ +--+
| +-- Anodonta
|
| +-------- Megalonaias_nervosa
| +-----------------+
| | | +----- Quadrula_quadrula__2
| | +--+
| | | +-- Quadrula_quadrula__1
| | +--+
| | +-- Theliderma_metanevra
| |
+--+ +----------- Elliptoideus_sloatianus
| +-----------+
| | | +-------- Pleurobema_pyriforme
| | +--+
| | | +----- Uniomerus_carolinianus
| | +--+
| | | +-- Fusconaia_flava
+--+ +--+
| +-- Eurynia_dilatata
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| +-------------------- Amblema_plicata
| |
| | +----- Toxolasma_parvum
| | +-----------+
+--+ | | +-- Plectomerus_dombeyanus
| | +--+
| | +-- Obliquaria_reflexa
| |
+--+ +----- Ptychobranchus_subtentus
| +--------+
| | | +-- Potamilus_fragilis
| | +--+
| | +-- Medionidus_conradicus
+--+
| +-- Villosa_delumbis
| +--------+
| | +-- Ellipsaria_lineolata
+--+
| +-------- Lampsilis_teres
+--+
| +----- Lampsilis_siliquoidea
+--+
| +-- Potamilus_purpuratus
+--+
+-- Potamilus_alatus
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