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 Gustafson & Iwamoto (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

Gustafson, R.G. & E.M. Iwamoto. 2005. A DNA-based identification key to Pacific Northwest freshwater mussel glochidia: importance to salmonid and mussel conservation. Northwest Science 79(4): 233-245.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 2

Taxonomic Opinions

Cladogram Figure 2

  +----------- Margaritifera_falcata
--+                                 
  |  +-------- Gonidea_angulata     
  +--+                              
     |  +----- Beringiana_beringiana
     +--+                           
        |  +-- Anodonta_oregonensis 
        +--+                        
           +-- Anodonta_nuttalliana 

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