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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 Szumowski et al. (2012), 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

Szumowski, S.C., S.L. Boyer, D.J. Hornbach & M.C. Hove. 2012. Genetic diversity of two common freshwater mussel species, Lampsilis cardium and Quadrula pustulosa (Bivalvia: Unionidae), in a large federally protected waterway (St. Croix River, Minnesota/Wisconsin, U.S.A.). American Malacological Bulletin 30(1): 59-72.

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Cladogram Figures

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fig. 4
fig. 5

Taxonomic Opinions

Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819)

Amblema plicata (Say, 1817)

Ellipsaria lineolata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Epioblasma triquetra (Rafinesque, 1820)

Fusconaia succissa (I. Lea, 1852)

Lampsilis altilis (Conrad, 1834)

Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820

Lampsilis higginsii (I. Lea, 1857)

Lampsilis ornata (Conrad, 1835)

Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)

Lampsilis siliquoidea (Barnes, 1823)

Lampsilis teres (Rafinesque, 1820)

Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)

Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Obliquaria reflexa Rafinesque, 1820

Potamilus alatus (Say, 1817)

Quadrula apiculata (Say, 1829)

Quadrula asperata (I. Lea, 1861)

Quadrula aurea (I. Lea, 1859)

Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica (Say, 1817)

Quadrula cylindrica strigillata

Quadrula intermedia (Conrad, 1836)

Quadrula kieneriana Lea, 1852

Quadrula metanevra (Rafinesque, 1820)

Quadrula nobilis (Conrad, 1854)

Quadrula nodulata (Rafinesque, 1820)

Quadrula petrina (Gould, 1855)

Quadrula pustulosa (I. Lea, 1831)

Quadrula pustulosa mortoni (Conrad, 1835)

Quadrula quadrula (Rafinesque, 1820)

Quadrula refulgens (I. Lea, 1868)

Quadrula rumphiana (I. Lea, 1852)

Quadrula sparsa (I. Lea, 1841)

Quincuncina infucata (Conrad, 1834)

Tritogonia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820

Villosa iris (I. Lea, 1829)

Cladogram Figure 4
  +-------------------------- Amblema_plicata        
  |                                                  
--+  +----------------------- Ellipsaria_lineolata   
  |  |                                               
  +--+  +-------------------- Truncilla_truncata     
     |  |                                            
     +--+  +----------------- Obliquaria_reflexa     
        |  |                                         
        |  |  +-------------- Potamilus_alatus       
        +--+  |                                      
           |  |        +----- Lampsilis_ornata       
           |  |  +-----+                             
           |  |  |     |  +-- Lampsilis_cardium      
           +--+  |     +--+                          
              |  |        +-- Lampsilis_ovata        
              |  |                                   
              |  |  +-------- Lampsilis_teres        
              |  +--+                                
              +--+  |  +----- Lampsilis_siliquoidea  
                 |  +--+                             
                 |     |  +-- Ortmanniana_ligamentina
                 |     +--+                          
                 |        +-- Lampsilis_higginsii    
                 |                                   
                 |     +----- Hamiota_altilis        
                 |     |                             
                 +-----+  +-- Epioblasma_triquetra   
                       |  |                          
                       +--+-- Cambarunio_iris        
                          |                          
                          +-- Ligumia_recta
Cladogram Figure 5
  +----------------- Megalonaias_nervosa  
  |                                       
  |        +-------- Theliderma_cylindrica
  +--------+                              
  |        |  +----- Theliderma_intermedia
  |        +--+                           
  |           |  +-- Theliderma_metanevra 
--+           +--+                        
  |              +-- Theliderma_sparsa    
  |                                       
  |        +-------- Quadrula_quadrula__1 
  |  +-----+                              
  |  |     |  +----- Quadrula_verrucosa   
  |  |     +--+                           
  |  |        |  +-- Quadrula_nobilis     
  +--+        +--+                        
     |           +-- Quadrula_quadrula__2 
     |                                    
     |  +----------- Pustulosa_kieneriana 
     |  |                                 
     +--+  +-------- Pustulosa_infucata   
        |  |                              
        +--+     +-- Pustulosa_pustulosa  
           |  +--+                        
           |  |  +-- Pustulosa_succissa   
           +--+                           
              |  +-- Pustulosa_nodulata   
              +--+                        
                 +-- Pustulosa_petrina

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