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Tue 05 Nov 2024

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 Hoeh et al. (1995), 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

Hoeh, W.R., K.S. Frazer, E. Naranjo-Garcia & R.J. Trdan. 1995. A phylogenetic perspective on the evolution of simultaneous hermaphroditism in a freshwater mussel clade (Bivalvia: Unionidae: Utterbackia). Malacological Review 28: 25-42.

Cladogram Figures

(click the figure number to see the cladogram)

fig. 2

Taxonomic Opinions

Lasmigona compressa (Lea, 1829)

Lasmigona subviridis (Conrad, 1835)

Margaritifera falcata (Gould, 1850)

Pyganodon cataracta (Say, 1817)

Pyganodon fragilis (Lamarck, 1819)

Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)

Pyganodon lacustris (Lea, 1857)

Toxolasma parvum (Barnes, 1823)

Toxolasma pullum (Conrad, 1838)

Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831)

Utterbackia imbecillis (Say, 1829)

Utterbackia peggyae (Johnson, 1965)

Cladogram Figure 2
     +----- Utterbackia_peggyae     
  +--+                              
  |  |  +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis  
  |  +--+                           
--+     +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis
  |                                 
  |  +----- Pyganodon_lacustris     
  |  |                              
  +--+----- Pyganodon_grandis       
     |                              
     |  +-- Pyganodon_cataracta     
     +--+                           
        +-- Pyganodon_fragilis      

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