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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 Turner et al. (2000), 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

Turner, T.F., J.C. Trexler, J.L. Harris & J.L. Haynes. 2000. Nested cladistic analysis indicates population fragmentation shapes genetic diversity in a freshwater mussel. Genetics 154: 777-785.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 2

Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema plicata

Anodonta couperiana

Elliptio dilatata

Lampsilis cardium

Lampsilis hydiana

Lampsilis powelli

Lampsilis reeveiana

Lampsilis satura

Lampsilis siliquoidea

Lampsilis teres

Margaritifera margaritifera

Medionidus conradicus

Quadrula quadrula

Villosa delumbis

Cladogram Figure 2
  +----------------------------- Margaritifera_margaritifera
  |                                                         
  |                          +-- Quadrula_quadrula          
--+  +-----------------------+                              
  |  |                       +-- Utterbackiana_couperiana   
  |  |                                                      
  +--+                       +-- Amblema_plicata            
     |  +--------------------+                              
     |  |                    +-- Eurynia_dilatata           
     +--+                                                   
        |  +-------------------- Medionidus_conradicus      
        |  |                                                
        +--+  +----------------- Lampsilis_teres            
           |  |                                             
           |  +----------------- Villosa_delumbis           
           +--+                                             
              |              +-- Lampsilis_satura           
              |  +-----------+                              
              |  |           +-- Lampsilis_cardium          
              +--+                                          
                 |  +----------- Lampsilis_reeveiana        
                 |  |                                       
                 +--+  +-------- Lampsilis_hydiana__1       
                    |  |                                    
                    +--+-------- Lampsilis_hydiana__2       
                       |                                    
                       |  +----- Lampsilis_siliquoidea__2   
                       +--+                                 
                          |  +-- Lampsilis_siliquoidea__1   
                          +--+                              
                             +-- Lampsilis_powellii         

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