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 Khalloufi et al. (2011), 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

Khalloufi, N., C. Toledo, A. Machordom, M. Boumaïza & R. Araujo. 2011. The unionids of Tunisia: taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships, with description of Unio ravoisieri Deshayes, 1847 and U. durieui Deshayes, 1847. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77(2): 103-115.

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Cladogram Figures

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Taxonomic Opinions

Cladogram Figure 2

  +----------------- Amblema_plicata    
  |                                     
--+  +-------------- Potomida_littoralis
  |  |                                  
  |  |        +----- Unio_tumidus       
  +--+  +-----+                         
     |  |     |  +-- Unio_gibbus        
     |  |     +--+                      
     |  |        +-- Unio_durieui       
     +--+                               
        |        +-- Unio_tumidiformis  
        |  +-----+                      
        |  |     +-- Unio_crassus       
        +--+                            
           |  +----- Unio               
           |  |                         
           +--+----- Unio_pictorum      
              |                         
              |  +-- Unio_delphinus     
              +--+                      
                 +-- Unio_mancus        

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