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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 Inoue et al. (2013), 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

Inoue, K., D.M. Hayes, J.L. Harris & A.D. Christian. 2013. Phylogenetic and morphometric analyses reveal ecophenotypic plasticity in freshwater mussels Obovaria jacksoniana and Villosa arkansasensis (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Ecology and Evolution 3(8): 2670-2683.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 3

Taxonomic Opinions

Amblema plicata

Elliptio dilatata

Gonidea angulata

Lampsilis ornata

Obovaria arkansasensis (Lea, 1862)
+ Unio (Obovaria) jacksoniana Frierson, 1912

Obovaria olivaria

Obovaria retusa

Obovaria subrotunda

Obovaria unicolor

Pyganodon grandis

Quadrula quadrula

Reginaia ebenus

Reginaia rotulata

Villosa fabalis

Villosa iris

Villosa vanuxemensis

Villosa villosa

Cladogram Figure 3
  +-------------------------- Gonidea_angulata      
  |                                                 
  +-------------------------- Pyganodon_grandis     
  |                                                 
--+                       +-- Eurynia_dilatata      
  |  +--------------------+                         
  |  |                    +-- Quadrula_quadrula     
  |  |                                              
  |  |              +-------- Paetulunio_fabalis    
  +--+  +-----------+                               
     |  |           |  +----- Amblema_plicata       
     |  |           +--+                            
     |  |              |  +-- Reginaia_ebenus       
     +--+              +--+                         
        |                 +-- Reginaia_rotulata     
        |                                           
        |  +----------------- Lampsilis_ornata      
        |  |                                        
        +--+  +-------------- Leaunio_vanuxemensis  
           |  |                                     
           |  |           +-- Villosa_villosa       
           +--+-----------+                         
              |           +-- Cambarunio_iris       
              |                                     
              |  +----------- Obovaria_olivaria     
              +--+                                  
                 |  +-------- Obovaria_arkansasensis
                 +--+                               
                    |  +----- Obovaria_retusa       
                    +--+                            
                       |  +-- Obovaria_unicolor     
                       +--+                         
                          +-- Obovaria_subrotunda   

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