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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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This page documents data for Huff et al. (2004), 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

Huff, S.W., D. Campbell, D.L. Gustafson, C. Lydeard, C.R. Altaba & G. Giribet. 2004. Investigations into the phylogenetic relationships of freshwater pearl mussels (Bivalvia: Margaritiferidae) based on molecular data: implications for their taxonomy and biogeography. Journal of Molluscan Studies 70: 379-388.

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Cladogram Figures

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Attributed Species Names

Psilunio littoralis Giribet & Wheeler, 2002
Giribet & Wheeler, 2002, Invert. Biol. 121(4): 277.
Giribet & Distel, 2003, Mol. Syst. Phylogeo. Moll.: 52.
Huff et al., 2004, J. Moll. Studies 70: 381 [as ‘Potomida littoralis’].
Jeffrey et al., 2016, J. Comp. Physiol. B 187: 91.
Vikhrev et al., 2018, Systemat. Biodiv. 16(1): Appendix 5 [as ‘Potomida littoralis’].
(misidentified reference to Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

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)

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta sp.

Cumberlandia monodonta

Dahurinaia dahurica

Lampsilis cardium

Margaritifera auricularia

Margaritifera falcata

Margaritifera laevis

Margaritifera margaritifera

Margaritifera marrianae

Neotrigonia bednalli

Neotrigonia margaritacea

Potomida littoralis

Cladogram Figure 2
              +-- Neotrigonia_bednalli          
  +-----------+                                 
  |           +-- Neotrigonia_margaritacea      
  |                                             
  |        +----- Lampsilis_cardium             
--+  +-----+                                    
  |  |     |  +-- Unio_ravoisieri               
  |  |     +--+                                 
  |  |        +-- Anodonta                      
  |  |                                          
  +--+  +-------- Margaritifera_dahurica        
     |  |                                       
     |  +-------- Margaritifera_margaritifera__1
     |  |                                       
     |  +-------- Margaritifera_margaritifera__2
     |  |                                       
     +--+-------- Margaritifera_margaritifera__3
        |                                       
        |     +-- Pseudunio_auricularius        
        +-----+                                 
        |     +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta        
        |                                       
        |  +----- Margaritifera_falcata         
        +--+                                    
           |  +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi    
           +--+                                 
              +-- Margaritifera_marrianae       
Cladogram Figure 3
  +-------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea     
  |                                            
--+  +----------- Anodonta                     
  |  |                                         
  +--+  +-------- Margaritifera_margaritifera  
     |  |                                      
     |  |  +----- Cumberlandia_monodonta       
     +--+  |                                   
        |  |  +-- Pseudunio_auricularius       
        |  |  |                                
        +--+  +-- Margaritifera_dahurica       
           |  |                                
           |  +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi__1
           |  |                                
           |  +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi__2
           +--+                                
              +-- Margaritifera_falcata__1     
              |                                
              +-- Margaritifera_falcata__2     
              |                                
              +-- Margaritifera_falcata__3     
              |                                
              +-- Margaritifera_falcata__4     
Cladogram Figure 4
  +----------------- Neotrigonia_margaritacea   
  |                                             
  |           +----- Lampsilis_cardium          
--+  +--------+                                 
  |  |        |  +-- Unio_ravoisieri            
  |  |        +--+                              
  |  |           +-- Anodonta                   
  +--+                                          
     |  +----------- Pseudunio_auricularius     
     |  |                                       
     |  +----------- Cumberlandia_monodonta     
     +--+                                       
        |        +-- Margaritifera_dahurica     
        |  +-----+                              
        |  |     +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
        +--+                                    
           |  +----- Margaritifera_falcata      
           +--+                                 
              |  +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi 
              +--+                              
                 +-- Margaritifera_marrianae    
Cladogram Figure 5-6
                 +-- Neotrigonia_bednalli       
  +--------------+                              
  |              +-- Neotrigonia_margaritacea   
  |                                             
  |              +-- Unio_ravoisieri            
--+              |                              
  |  +-----------+-- Anodonta                   
  |  |           |                              
  |  |           +-- Lampsilis_cardium          
  |  |                                          
  +--+           +-- Pseudunio_auricularius     
     |  +--------+                              
     |  |        +-- Cumberlandia_monodonta     
     |  |                                       
     +--+        +-- Margaritifera_dahurica     
        |  +-----+                              
        |  |     +-- Margaritifera_margaritifera
        +--+                                    
           |  +----- Margaritifera_falcata      
           +--+                                 
              |  +-- Margaritifera_middendorffi 
              +--+                              
                 +-- Margaritifera_marrianae    

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